PPS User Manual

AIR SUPPORT A/S
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Editorial date: 20 DEC 2016.
P P S U S E R M A N U A L T A B L E O F C O N T E N T
TableofContent
TABLE OF CONTENT ............................................................................................................................................................................................ I
WORKSTATION - MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 6
WORKSTATION – RECOMMENDED HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................... 6
PPS TRAY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
DESCRIPTION OF PPS INSTALLED ITEMS ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Flight Planning System ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
CrewBriefing .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
PPS Price Calc ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Settings ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Exit program .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
PPS8 MAIN FLIGHT PLANNING WINDOW ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
CREATE FLIGHTPLAN ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
FLIGHT PLANNING GUIDE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
FLIGHT DATA INPUT ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
ROUTE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
CREW ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
FUEL ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26
MASS AND BALANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Pax ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Cargo ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Crew ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Fuel .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
BORDER INTERSECTION (ADD ON MODULE).................................................................................................................................................. 33
DISPATCH ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
GRAFICAL OVERVIEW OF THE FLIGHT BEFORE DISPATCH ............................................................................................................................. 33
Flightlog:.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35
ATC flight plan: ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
Envelope: ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36
Fuel: ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Map ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
FLIGHT DATA SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................................................. 39
DISPATCHING THE FLIGHT TO THE CREWBRIEFING AND AMEXSY ............................................................................................................. 39
FLIGHT LIST ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
SECTIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
SCHEDULE FLIGHT ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Icons ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Upload Auto/Man .................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Noupload.csv............................................................................................................................................................................................ 45
Auto ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Man.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Manual shift between Auto/Man ............................................................................................................................................................. 46
CB UPLOAD FLIGHTS ................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Icons ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
FLIGHT AGENDA........................................................................................................................................................................................ 49
FAST ROUTING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
GUIDE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
AREA 1 (MENU) ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
File ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Edit ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
View ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Airways .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Routes ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60
CFMU Route Assistance............................................................................................................................................................................ 63
Tools......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Test FPL .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Options..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Actions ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
Help .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74
AREA 2 (QUICK BUTTONS) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 74
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Description of keys ................................................................................................................................................................................... 74

Find .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 75
FL ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 76
AREA 3 (TOOLBAR) ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Description of keys ................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
AREA 4 (WAYPOINT LIST) ............................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Description ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
Right Clicking ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
Deleting waypoints .................................................................................................................................................................................. 79
AREA 5 (MAP) .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 81
Choosing specific SID/STAR ...................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Right clicking a point ................................................................................................................................................................................ 84
Show info ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 84
Autoroute ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 84
Show all airways ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
User defined Points .................................................................................................................................................................................. 86
Airway labels ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 89
Zoom function .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 90
AMEXSY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
FPL VIEWER ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 91
Message Flow in Amexsy ......................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Right Click ACK message .......................................................................................................................................................................... 96
DLA........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 98
CNL ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 98
CNL and REFILE ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 99
CHG (Item 18)........................................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Resend FPL ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 100
Find ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 101
Show Complete Message List ................................................................................................................................................................. 102
CREWBRIEFING .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 103
Main View .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 104
Write Message ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 134
WX Next 12 Hrs ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 139
Miscellaneous ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 140
Company Documents ............................................................................................................................................................................. 140
Extra WX / Charts / NOTAMs ................................................................................................................................................................ 141
Graphical Products ................................................................................................................................................................................. 142
OpMet .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149
NOTAM .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 151
External Links ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 151
Help ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 151
ADMINISTRATION ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 152
Advanced User Account ......................................................................................................................................................................... 153
Company Settings Administration .......................................................................................................................................................... 158
Delete Flight ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 160
CrewBriefing Extra ................................................................................................................................................................................. 161
Graphical Products ................................................................................................................................................................................. 162
OpMet .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 167
NOTAM .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 170
EROPS/ETOPS ALTERNATES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 171
INITIAL SETUP OF AREAS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 171
USE OF ETP/ETOPS ALTS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 172
UPLOAD DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 174
DATA EDITOR............................................................................................................................................................................................. 178
CSV-files ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 178
StdFuel ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 180
StdAlt ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 182
Fuel ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 183
Fuelrules ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 184
AcConfig ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 185
Rmk18 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 186
AftnAddr ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 187
AptData.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 188
Crew ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 188
AddInfo .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 189
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Callsign................................................................................................................................................................................................... 190
Userapt .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 190
Usernav .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 191
StdViaNotVia .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 191
ERAALT ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 192
SidStarAvlb ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 192
PPSprice ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 194
EMAIL ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 195
NoUpload ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 195
NoUpload ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 196
FLIGHTLOG EDITOR....................................................................................................................................................................................... 197
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 197
File handling ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 197
Saving a text .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 198
Line Drawing .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 199
Setting Attributes ................................................................................................................................................................................... 199
Quick Key Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................... 200
Editing the Flight Log Layout .................................................................................................................................................................. 200
CODES FOR TOPTEXT AND ENDTEXT ......................................................................................................................................................... 201
Basic Data .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 201
Date of flight .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 202
Flight Data ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 202
Scheduled Flight Data ............................................................................................................................................................................ 202
Flight Crew ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 203
Takeoff Speeds ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 203
Airport Information ................................................................................................................................................................................ 203
Additional Airport Information ............................................................................................................................................................... 205
Meteorological Information ................................................................................................................................................................... 205
Takeoff And Landing Performance ......................................................................................................................................................... 205
Route Info .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 206
Time ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 207
Fuel ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 208
Reduced Contingency Fuel (RCF) ............................................................................................................................................................ 211
Weight and Passengers .......................................................................................................................................................................... 212
Weight And Balance ............................................................................................................................................................................... 212
Weight And Balance Index ..................................................................................................................................................................... 213
Takeoff weight index limitations ............................................................................................................................................................ 214
CODES FOR NAVTEXT ................................................................................................................................................................................ 214
Ident / Waypoint Info ............................................................................................................................................................................. 214
Track / Route Info................................................................................................................................................................................... 215
Flight / Fuel Info ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 215
Meteorological Info ................................................................................................................................................................................ 216
Economy Info ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 216
Fuel correction table .............................................................................................................................................................................. 217
Log examples ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 217
EROPS, ETOPS, ETP AND ADEQUATE AIRPORTS INFORMATION SHEETS. ................................................................................................. 218
*ETOPS0 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 219
*ETOPS1 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 221
*ETOPS2 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 223
*ETOPS3 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 223
*ETOPS5 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 223
*OPENHRS ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 223
*AIRPORTHOURS ................................................................................................................................................................................... 223
ADEQUATE AIRPORT LIST ........................................................................................................................................................................... 224
AIRCRAFT EDITOR.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 224
BASIC 1 GENERAL INFO ........................................................................................................................................................................... 226
MASS & BALANCE................................................................................................................................................................................... 231
CLIMB ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 234
CRUISE.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 235
EROPS / ETOPS ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 239
DECENT & HOLDING............................................................................................................................................................................... 240
TAKE OFF ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 241
LANDING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 241
MISCELLANEOUS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 242
ROUTE DATA ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 243
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AREA 1 (MENU) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 243

File ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 243
Edit ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 244
Find and replace ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 244
Find ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 244
Replace................................................................................................................................................................................................... 244
Tools....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 244
AREA 2 (NAV CYCLE) ............................................................................................................................................................................... 245
Show Routes........................................................................................................................................................................................... 245
AREA 3 (VIEW ROUTES STORED) ................................................................................................................................................................ 245
AREA 5 (SELECT / DESELECT) .................................................................................................................................................................... 246
AREA 6 (KEYS)........................................................................................................................................................................................... 246
Validate Route ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 246
Editing in a stored route ......................................................................................................................................................................... 246
DATA BASES................................................................................................................................................................................................... 248
NAV Cycle ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 249
NAV Data ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 249
Airway Data ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 250
Airport Data ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 250
Common Airways ................................................................................................................................................................................... 251
SID .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 251
STAR ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 252
FLOW INFO/TRACKS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 253
ETOPS AREAS............................................................................................................................................................................................ 254
AIRPORT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 254
General .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 255
Runways ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 255
Additional Info ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 256
AC-U-KWIK .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 257
PPS8 FLIGHT PLANNING SYSTEM SETTINGS .................................................................................................................................................. 259
PPS PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 260
PPS8 Settings.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 260
PROXY SERVER .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 261
ADVANCED SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 262
Flightlog Upload ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 262
Document Upload .................................................................................................................................................................................. 262
Security .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 263
Error handling ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 263
Printing .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 263
Flight List ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 264
Amexsy Settings ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 264
SMS Notification .................................................................................................................................................................................... 266
Email notification ................................................................................................................................................................................... 269
Other settings ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 270
PPS MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 271
Setup Price Calculation ........................................................................................................................................................................... 272
Setups Aircraft Price ............................................................................................................................................................................... 274
Setup Charter Text ................................................................................................................................................................................. 276
Delete old quotations to date................................................................................................................................................................. 279
Delete old quotations ............................................................................................................................................................................. 280
Customer Database ................................................................................................................................................................................ 280
Write Avinode database ......................................................................................................................................................................... 281
Setup Flight Plan .................................................................................................................................................................................... 281
FLT PLAN VER: ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 282
Setup Printers ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 285
Listing the different printer settings in PPS. ........................................................................................................................................... 285
USER PROFILE ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 285
PPS8 SETTINGS MANAGER .......................................................................................................................................................................... 286
SPECIAL FEATURES FOR AIRLINE CUSTOMERS ........................................................................................................................... 289
ROUTE OPTIMIZATION (ADD ON MODULE) .................................................................................................................................................. 289
SPECIAL FEATURES FOR MILITARY CUSTOMERS ....................................................................................................................... 292
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CRASH AIRPORT ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 292
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P P S U S E R M A N U A L
WORKSTATION-MINIMUMHARDWAREREQUIREMENTS
Processor: QUAD CORE 2.7 GHz or higher

Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard disk: 5 GB free hard disk space
Display: 1600 x 1200 or higher resolution monitor
OS: Windows 7
Browser: Internet Explorer 10 or higher
Network: 100Mbit (Client/Server Installation)
Internet: 5 Mbit DSL connection or faster
WORKSTATION–RECOMMENDEDHARDWAREREQUIREMENTS
Processor: Intel i7 2,7 or higher

Memory: 16 GB RAM
Hard disk: SSD with 10 GB free hard disk space
Display: 1600 x 1200 or higher resolution monitor
OS: Windows 10,Windows 8 (8.1) with .NET 4.5.1 (or later) installed or
Windows 7 Professional
Browser: Internet Explorer 11 or higher
Network: Gigabit LAN (Client/Server Installation)
Internet: 100 Mbit DSL connection or faster
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PPSTray
Description of PPS installed items
PPS TRAY
Contains the main PPS application and access to the CrewBriefing web-server.
Upon installation of the PPS8 flight planning program you will find a new icon in the tray on your
taskbar beside the clock.
The PPS Tray is automatically started every time you boot the computer.
If you hold the cursor above the icon the name and version number is displayed.
To activate/enter selection menu, use the mouse and right click on the tray icon.
Notice
You need to be online with the Internet to use and perform changes with main
part of PPS Tray
Here is a short description of the different shortcuts in the Tray Menu.

There will be given a much more detailed explanation on these areas later in the manual.
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Flight Planning System

Opens up the Main PPS8 Flight planning menu.
CrewBriefing
Automatically opens up your default Internet browser and log on to your CrewBriefing
homepage with the password inserted in Settings. If More accounts is installed, on the
Computer (Flight service Providers) then an expansion box will open up and the specific
CrewBriefing account can be selected.
PPS Price Calc

Automatically opens up the price calculation module (Dos version).
Settings
Advanced Settings like: CrewBriefing Credentials,
SQL, Live Update Settings, Proxy Settings, etc.
Much more detailed explained under the chapter SETTINGS at the end of this manual.
Exit program
Closes the PPS Tray program, multiple features in the PPS main program will no longer be
possible until the Tray program is restarted.
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PPS8Mainflightplanningwindow
The PPS8 Flight Planning menu is divided into three sections.
1 Flight planning Ribbon lets the user navigates between the different menu’s
2 Detailed input window were the different parts of PPS program will be displayed.
3 Status bar where the default user information such as PPS username and CrewBriefing
username is displayed. Weather and Nav data symbol will indicate with a red flag if data is
invalid. Hovering the mouse over the symbols will display the validity period.
Detailed information about the different menu will be explained in details below
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FILE
In The File menu you have access to the following:
Open: This section allows you to open a

draft flight plan in the system. Any called
.FPLX files.
Save/Save as: When creating a flightplan
with the PPS8 program you have the
possibility to save the flightplan and
continue working at a later time
(remember to put a status of draft flight
and notes about the flight).
Export as : Will exports your flightplan into
ARINC 633 format
Share : Will open you default emailclient
with the FPLX file attached
Recent Flights : Will display the latest
flights that were saved or sent from the
local computer
Manuals:
PPS Manual will open up the full PPS8
manual where all features of the pps8
program are described. In the top of the
manual there is a hyperlink to the most up
to date manual
CrewBriefing Manual will open up the
manual explaining in details about the
crewbriefing website.
Tutorial 1 contains a userguide about
how to make a basic flightplan. There is
also a direct link to the videotutorial in the
pdf.
Tutorial 2 contains a userguide to create
an ETOPS/ETP flightplan with a link to the
video tutorial as well.
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Support:
Remote support will start up an online
support tool called teamviewer. This
program will give you an ID and password
when installed. And this you have to give to
the supporter so that he can assist you
online.
Support Download will open up your
internet browser and direct you to our help
section where generic Aircraft files, news
list etc. can be downloaded
Contact AIR SUPPORT will direct you to
our telephone and email details
Troubleshooting:
View Tray Log is a diagnostic tool that
will allow Air Support staff to error seach
on your computer
Submit Error Report will generate an
error report on your Desktop which you
can send in an email to
Support@airsupport.dk for us to help you if
your PPS 8 Program has crashed or you are
receiving an error message you don’t
understand.
Options
This will open up the PPS8 settings
manager
The settings manager contains various
account settings and should ONLY be
accessed by an advanced PPS8 admin user.
See more info in the PPS settings manager
section
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About will open a Notification box with the

Version of the PPS 8 flight planning system
EXIT will close the flight planning system

Application but the PPS tray will still be
active in the notification bar.
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HOME
In The HOME menu you have access to the following:
New flight plan will start up the flight plan tab in the flight planning
system. See how to create a flight plan below.
If more account is installed on the computer (flight service Providers)
the TAB is divided into two parts. The upper part of the button will make
the flight plan with the default account (see bottom of window). The
lower part will expand with the different account installed on the
machine and you have to select which account to make the flight plan
on from here
New Editable ICAO FPL will open up a blank ICAO flight plan sheet that
can be used to only file a flight plan without any briefing packages
View Flight list will display a list of all flights uploaded to CrewBriefing
or flights uploaded by a scheduling system (scheduled flights)
See flight list for detailed description
AMEXSY will open up the program that is used for filing flight plans and
send Delay and cancel messages. See detailed description under the
AMEXSY chapter
Open CrewBriefing will open up the website where the operation or
pilots retrieve the uploaded flightplans from. This is the website where
all the relevant weather, charts and NOTAMs is automatically attached
to the flightplan. See detailed description under the CrewBriefing
chapter
Open CrewBriefing Extra will open up the website where the operation
or pilots can retrieve extra weather, charts and NOTAMs plus check
Radar pictures. See detailed description under the CrewBriefing Extra
chapter
Upload documents will open the upload browser and in here you can
upload PDF documents only to specific flights, flightnumbers etc. see
more in the upload documents chapter
Google earth Airborne and todays flights will open up google earth (if
installed) and display all flightplans that have been uploaded to
CrewBriefing either for today or the ones that should be airborne
according to crewbriefing.
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Flight agenda will allow you to input standards flights into a list and
then you can upload all these flights to the flightlist. This is explained in
details under the Flight Agenda chapter.
Data
In The Data menu you have access to the following:

DataEditor will start up the DataEditor tab in the flight planning system.
See detailed description under the DataEditor chapter.
If more account is installed on the computer (flight service Providers)
the TAB is divided into two parts. The upper part of the button will make
the flight plan with the default account (see bottom of window). The
lower part will expand with the different account installed on the
machine and you have to select which account to you want to see the
DataEditor for.
Edit Flight log editor will start the DOS based flight log editor which is
explained in detail under Flight Log Editor
Edit Aircraft configurations will start the DOS based aircraft editor
which is explained in detail under Aircraft Editor
Route Data will open up the route database.

Se detailed description under Route Data
Data Bases will open up a big search data base where general search of
airport data, airways, SID/STAR, waypoint can be done. Se detailed
informed under Data Bases
Flow Info/Track will open a windows where you can access text
document with info about differnet track system etc. North Atlantic
Track System. This is also where you would locate the TMI number of
the day
See detailed info under Flow Info/ Tracks
ETOPS Areas will open up a tab where ETOPS/ETP Airports and areas
can be added to any usercreate area. Normally customers create areas
like North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Pacific, Siberia etc.
Se detailed info under ETOPS Areas
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Airport Information will open up the airport search directory where

weather Notams for different airports can be retrieve and you can also
add your own notes and telephone numbers for different companies
here. This will be available only for your company (dispatchers using te
PPS program) see more info under Airport information
AC-U-KWIK will open up an online version of AC-U-KWIK where you can
also search airport information. Se more info under AC-U.KWIK
Create flightplan
Creating an Ad-Hoc Flight Plan
Press here for the video presentation. Explained in details below
After pressing new flightplan the following screen will appear.

The screen is divided in 6 parts:
1. Flight planning ribbon where various tabs with selection like ETP, routes option will be displayed as
you select guideitems in the Guide on the left side
2. Flight planning guide
3. Input screen will display selected input from the flight planning guide.
4. Information screen will display the Mini map pr default and it will be filled out on the fly while
creating the flightplan. After filling in all the detail under the tab flight data, you can select to see the
flightlog, mass and balance envelope and the fuel overview.
5. Flight data summary will be filled with the information calculated from the input from the user
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6. Displays the PPS User name and the username of the current user.
Flight planning Guide

The flight planning guide consist of 6 steps (7 if you have the add-on module for displaying Permits in
the country border module). These have to be completed, to be able to dispatch the flight to
CrewBriefing (where weather, NOTAMS, plus chart are automatically attached to the flight) and filed
via AMEXSY system (online filing systems that send to all the applicable AFTN addresses that is
required by ICAO)
Flight Data input
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Input the registration of the aircraft or press the

dropdown menu to see all aircraft in the PPS8
directory selected. You can also use the shortcut F4.
Input of Flight number can be done in free text and
will be inserted in the ATC flightplan.
Day of flight in format dd-mm-yyyy. You can add or
subtract a day by using the arrow up and down keys.
Pressing will open up the calendar.Should you wish to
return to DOF press CTRL + D
EOBT in format HH:MM. You can add or subtract an

hour by using the arrow up and down keys
Departure Airport. Type in ICAO, IATA or search by

name. Runway length will be shown in ft if available. If
weather and NOTAM’s available a Blue check mark will
be indicated and you can access it by pressing arrow
right or left click with the mouse. A Green check mark in
AOE, will indicate it is an Airport Of Entry (Customs)
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Destination Airport. Type in ICAO, IATA or search by

name. The GCD (great Circle Distance) will be shown.
Runway length will be shown in ft if available. If weather
and NOTAM’s available a Blue check mark will be
indicated and you can access it by pressing arrow right or
left click with the mouse. A Green check mark in AOE,
will indicate it is an Airport Of Entry (Customs).
NOTE only IFR airport are shown pr standard in the
program, but if you put a tick in include VFR airport, they
will also be shown.
Airport with runway length less than the minimum
runway length indicated in the aircraft file, will NOT be
shown.
Alternate 1 displays the closest airport to you departure

airport. Type in ICAO, IATA or search by name. You can
also press the dropdown menu or use the shortcut F4.
Runway length will be shown in ft if available. If weather
and NOTAM’s available a Blue check mark will be
indicated and you can access it by pressing arrow right or
leftclick with the mouse. A Green check mark in AOE, will
indicate it is an Airport Of Entry (Customs)
Config displays the different configuration available in

the aircraft e.g ambulance, cargo, pax version.
Amount of passengers can be inserted here or you can

use Arrow key up and down. PPS will reduce to max PAX
if overloaded
Selects the calculation model for Cargo, Pax

Cargo. Payload will be calculated based on amount of
pax multiplied with std lugg from the aircraft file
Payload will disable mass and balance and enabled to
dispatcher to input Payload(PAX+Lug+Cargo)
Zero Fuel Mass will disable mass and balance and
enabled to dispatcher to input Zero fuel Mass (Basic
Empty Mass+Crew+PAX+Lug+Cargo)
Std luggage/cargo will be shown here, but you can add

more by typing or by pressing arrow key up or down. The
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advanced selection of male/female has to be done under

mass and balance section
The max cargo checkbox will load max cargo and will
automatically offload cargo always to ensure the limits
are not exceded. (commonly used by cargo operators)
Aircraft limitation will automatically adjust if the MEL

options is enabled.
You have the possibility to use one of the following

options:
1) Forecasted winds, valid up to 36 hours ahead
2) Historical winds, based on mean wind data (month
normals).
3) Fixed wind component: specify headwind, tailwind in
knots or zero wind
4) Customized Historical winds allows selection of

multiply month and an average will be used, based on
the selected months (most be cumulative month).
The probability factor will adjust the groundspeed of the
flight based on the percentage. The higher the
percentage the greater the penalty.
50 = -2 kts
60 = -5 kts
70 = -11 kts
80 = -16 kts
85 = -21 kts
90 = -29 kts
95 = -37 kts
Suggested flight level based on minimum cost. To see all

flight levels use F4 or click the dropdown menu. It is also
possible to enter a FL manually in the combobox.
WindComponent at different FL is also shown and a
green checkmark under RAD is shown if FL if it is
available according to the Route Availability Document.
Flight level to alternate 1, alternate 2, Takeoff alternate

can be entered manually or can be increased by using
arrow up or down
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Route
When you select route in the guide a tab in the ribbon called route will be shown.
These can be used to create routes for the user (explained in detail below)
In the Flight data input field the PPS8 will start to retrieve routes at the Flightlevel selected in the
flight data (if in IFPS airspace, the Program will at the same time try, to validate them again the
eurocontrol test system).
The route sources are divided into 6 categories:
 Recently filed routes is routes filed by Air support customers using the AMEXSY system
 Eurocontrol NM are routes taken from the CFMU route catalog
 Custom are the routes that have been edited from the recently filed or Eurocontrol NM
routes by the user
 Fast routing are routes generated by the user, using the graphical route creater called
Fastrouting
 Auto routes are routes automatically created by the PPS8 when pressing the Generate auto
Route button
 Company routes are the routes stored in your company route database. If you select any
route and press the save route button, it will be stored in you company route database.
A route can be selected from the route window by left clicking, so it is hightlighted in blue.
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All the routes can be sorted by the different colums, if you double click on the colum you want
them to be sorted by.
If you want some rows hidden
to create a better over view of
the routes, select the button
And just untick the columns you

don’t want shown.
If you wish to generate your own

route graficaly, you select
Launch Fastrouting and the
application windows fastrouting
will open. Click the link to go to
the detailed description on how
to use fast routing.
Change the tab to alternate

route 1, 2 or T/O alternate to
select the routing to the
alternate airports.
Each route can be shown visually

by pressing the visualize route
button.
If you wish to change something
in the route just use the edit
route button and the route will
be shown as a custom new
route.
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To create a new route by typing

in the route manually or copy
pasting it from somewhere else,
just press the Create new route
and now the route can be typed
in manually.
PPS is also able to create a route

automatically, using a
webservices from the Aviation
Cloud network. You can specify
which point the route has to pass
through, in the box called Via
Points. Additional point has to be
separated by a space.
Same applies with not via and
Avoid FIR.
After pressing Generate Auto

Route the routes found will be
displayed at the bottom of the
route screen under the source
called Auto Routes.
After selecting the route from

departure to destination you can
validate it with the CFMU route
validater. Just press the tab
validate. Green will indicated
valid and red not valid.(note this
will only work in IFPS area)
When the route has been found
and accepted it can be saved as a
company route by pressing save
selected route. Then it will be
shown the next time as a
company route when you select
the same city pair.
After the route has been
selected you can assign a specific
SID or STAR to it. If nothing is
selected the longest will be
selectred automatically.
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Click on the SID and STAR you

wish to use and the selected
SID/STAR will be surrounded by
double lines.
Information about the weather
at the aiport is displayed next to
the SID/STAR list to assist in
choosing the correct.
Now when a route to the destination and alternate has been selected and validated, you can
continue to put in crew under the crew tab
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Crew
Crew ID and and full name can be inserted manually in the input box and will be marked with a tick in
Custom crew.
You can also select the crew from your saved crew list. Press the dropdown list or F4 and select the
crewmember you want.
Crew names can be managed through the Data-editor in PPS Control Panel (Detailed explanation
later in this manual) A list of the names of all crew will link the 1 to 5-letter names to the real names.
Example from Data editor in PPS Control Panel:
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Crew ID Crew initials, can be anything from 1 to 5 characters including numbers.

Compulsory input when using Crew Info-box in PPS and AMEXSY with SMS-
notification.
Crew Name Associated name in the format you want. Compulsory input if you want the
full PIC-name on the ATC to be written by PPS.
ID number Optional input not used by PPS.
GSM number Compulsory input when using AMEXSY with SMS-notification.
The information for CPT is later transferred to the ATC flight plan and all entries can be printed on
After all crew has been inserted in the crew tab, we continue to put in the fuel for the flight in the
Fuel Tab
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Fuel
The fueltab will pr. default show the minimum required fuel and it is possible to change the Taxi fuel.
The program will use the standard cruise profile of the aircraft. If you have put in fuel prices for both
departure and destination under fuel.csv then the Gain/loss will be shown in the top (a Loss will be
indicated with a minus).
Climb profile can’t be changed

in the current version, but this is
scheduled for the future
releases.
Should you wish to use another
cruise profile than the default
then you press the dropdown
called cruise profile and the
different cruise profile will be
available.
Descent profile can’t be
changed in the current version,
but this is scheduled for the
future releases.
In the fuel profile you can have

the possibility to select Max fuel
or specify a certain amount of
fuel to land with or have extra
at the destination. The
possibility to specify a specific
takeoff mass or landing mass
can also be selected from here.
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Taxi Fuel can be changed to accommodate

long Taxi clearances in the major aiport,
but PPS will put in the standard value from
the Aircraft file.
Trip fuel is calculated everytime you make
a change in the program by changing
route, adding pax, cargo ETC. or changing
cruise profiles
Contingency fuel uses the settings in

aircraft selected, normally 5% but not less
than 5 minutes of holding fuel.(this can be
changed permenatly in the aircraft editor)
If you select the ERA option the PPS will

show a list of EnRoute Alternates in the
dropdown. This is based on the EU-OPS
rule
Here you may reduce the Contingency
Fuel from 5% til 3% if you select an airport
within a circle based on the following:
The circle will have a radius of 20% of the

length of the route distance which its
Centre located 75% of the route length.
This will also be shown in the minimap.
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RCF Reduced Contingency Fuel

When using the reduced contingency fuel procedure you select a 2nd destination and a POD point
of Decision. If you have started using some of you contingency at the POD, then you have to divert
to your destination 2. If not then you can continue to your destination.
The entire rule is explained below
Pressing the reduced contingency fuel button will show 4 new boxes
DEST2 will show the available airport at the end of
the route. Here you can also manually input an
airport.
DEST2 ALTN will show the nearest airport to
DEST2
The decision point will be automatically
determined by PPS8 and put on the minimap by a
. This can be changed manually by the user
The route from the decision point to DEST2 will be
shown in the box at the bottom. This can be
changed manually by the user
The rule for DPP Decision Point Planning (RCF)

states that in planning, you can use 0% from DEP
to POD and then 5% from POD to DEST
BUT you still have to have enough fuel to carry 5%
from POD to DEST 2
See graphic on the left hand side.
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After selecting the DEST2 and the alternate the new contingency fuel will be shown.
Alternate fuel will show the most
fuelconsuming Alternate selected.
Final Reserve fuel contains holding fuel
(normally 30 or 45min at 1500 ft above
aerodrome elevation) and if no alternate has
been selected an additional 15minutes will be
added to this value
Company fuel will show the company fuel
specified in the aircraft file or specified in the
STDFUEL.CSV file
This all combined gives the minimum required

fuel.
To add extra fuel select the dropdown
Fuelprofile and select Extra.
The actual fuel is how much fuel is in the tank
When any changes are done in the fuel section they are automatically shown flight data summary
under the fuel section.
When you have selected the desired fuel settings/profiles you can continue to the mass and balance
tab.
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Mass and Balance

In the mass and balance tab you start by selecting which configuration you want.
PPS will use the weights from the aircraft file and if the aircraft file is equipped with mass and
balance figures they will be inserted as well.
There is 4 tabs that can viewed
Pax
In pax PPS will pr default use the adult weight, but Male/female/child/infant can be selected if you
select the Show extended pax config. Furthermore Mass and balance will be shown if you press the
show moments. If no mass and balance numbers are put into the aircraft file, only 0 will be shown.
The last column is for custom weight to be put.
The total amount of pax is taken from the initial input in the Flight data tab
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Example we have 4 female, 3 children and 3 big males and their weigh aprox. 800 LBS
The Green box around the 800 indicated that the mass entered is not the standard weight for 3
males.
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Cargo
In Cargo, PPS will input the load from the
Flight data tab and distribute this in the
Compartments.
You can change these inputs by clicking on
the weight figures.
If you select Show Moment then mass and
balance will be shown for the cargo
compartments
Crew
In this case the PIC and the FO is calculated into
the DOW so the value is 0 in the mass. But the
Cabin attendant is not included in the DOW of
this aircraft so his value is set to 187 lbs from
the aircraft file.
Arm and moment will be shown if you select
show moments in the top right corner.
Crew can only be added or subtracted from the

Crew tab in the guide
Fuel
In Fuel PPS will input the Fuel from the Fuel
Tab distribute this in the Compartments.
You can change the amount of fuel by clicking
the total fuel box and just input the new
value.
If you press show moment the mass and
balance will be shown for the different fuel
compartments
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Border intersection (add on module)
Dispatch
If you select a userdefined Airport (could be a helipad or
private airfield without an Official ICAO code), the
editable ATC info will expand and you will be given the
option to use the 4 letter you have put into the
USERAPT.CSV or ZZZZ. If ZZZZ is selected then DEP/(info
from CSV file) will be added in remark18
Grafical overview of the flight before dispatch

Before dispatching the flight to CrewBriefing and AMEXSY it is possible to see the flightlog, ATC
Flightplan, mass and balance envelope plus fuel distribution for the flight.
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Each window can be accessed by pressing the corresponding tab in the info page. See the red
marking in the picture above where to press the tabs.
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Flightlog:
Will show the user how the OFP
will look before uploading it to
CrewBriefing.
Weather, NOTAMS, LOGO,
Runway analysis (if subscribing to
APG), PAX info chart and
Diversion plans is attached at
CrewBriefing.
If FMS upload is enabled then the

FMS ident number will first be
attached at crewbriefing, instead
message with uniq iden will be
shown instead.
ATC flight plan:

Will show the user how
the flight plan will look
like before it is sent via
the AMEXSY system to
Eurocontrol and all
other AFTN addresses
according to ICAO
standards.
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Envelope:
The mass and balance envelope will display the Flight envelope of the aircraft if the aircraft file has
the mass and balance figures inserted.
The Takeoff, landing and zero fuel center of gravity will be shown on the graph.
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Fuel:
The fuel tab will show how the fuel load is divided and how is decreases during the flight
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Map
The minimap gives a short presentation of the route selected and if not route is selected yet, then
the great circle line is drawn instead.
When you select ERA or ETOPS it will also be depicted on the minimap
In the minimap is sometimes more easy to see the country crossings and if you use the zoom
(buttons in the window or the scroll on the mouse) then the waypoints will also be shown in the
minimap
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Flight Data summary

The Flight data summary box is filled out automaticaly and changes the more data you put into the
flight planning guide . to give more space for the input fields and the graph, you can autohide this bar
by pressing the needle in the top right corner of the summary box. It will then be hidden in
the bottom left corner of the flight planning program until pressed.
Dispatching the flight to the CrewBriefing and AMEXSY

After completing Item 1-5 in the flight planning guide the symbols Send to CB and Send to AMEXSY
will be available in the flight planning Ribbon.
First step is to upload the flight to CrewBriefing
Before uploading to Crewbriefing we have to

remember to put in the dispatcher. As default
the windows user is put in, but this can be
changed manually.
If you want The flight uploaded to FMS as well,
make sure to put a tick under FMS Upload.
This will then upload the route to the FMS
provider entered in the aircraft file and
automatically attach the FMS ident number to
the flightlog when it is uploaded to CB.
After 5-15 seconds a small popup should

appear from the tray where it will state if the
flight has been uploaded to CrewBriefing
which is explained in details below
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The flight will now be on the CrewBriefing website and a detailed description on how to access and
use the website is explained below.
Next step is to file the Flightplan to Eurocontrol

and other required AFTN addresses via the
AMEXSY system. To do this we press the Send
to AMEXSY
After pressing send to AMEXSY, all the

applicable AFTN addresses that needs to be
sent to according to ICAO will be shown in a
popup screen. If your company has set up a
rule to add extra addresses from the
AFTNADDR.CSV file, then they will also be
shown here.
It is possible to add extra AFTN addresses in

this field by putting in the 8 character code and
pressing add.
It will then be added to the complete list with a
tick and you can dispatch the flight by pressing
Send to AMEXSY.
Then the OFP with full weather brief and NOTAMS will be available on the CrewBriefing website for
download and the ATC flight plan has been filed to Eurocontrol and all other AFTN addresses as
required by ICAO.
Next step is to see if the ATC flightplan has been acknowledged in the AMEXSY flight plan viewer
This this will open up the ETOPS alternates windows where the ETOPS
alternates can be selected from. This is the same window that can be
accessed when inside the graphical route creation Windows fast routing.
Detailed description under ETP/ETOPS alternates
Will generate a route analysis of the route and pdf document with the
over flight cost will be shown on the screen after pressing the button.
Generate Loadsheet can be selected after uploading the flightlog to

CrewBriefing. This will generate a graphical and text based Load manifest.
The flight envelope will only be shown if you have weight and balance
figures inside the aircraft file.
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Please note that if the pilots weight is included in the DOW, then a zero
will be shown, even though that you have put in the pilot under crew.
After uploading the flight plan to CrewBriefing the load sheet can be
generate and this button is used to attach the load sheet to the
uploaded flight. Note if the flight is not uploaded to CrewBriefing yet,
then the upload will fail.
Will reset the the windows and screen back to the user default setting in
the flightplanning program. For example if you have removed the Flight
Data Summary with the X, you can restore it by pressin the Reset work
Space button.
The dropdown with the different perspectives has the following views:
Full Perspective will display all windows on a 22’’ screen
Compact Perspective dsiplay most windows good for 19’’ screen
Compact square Perspective is good for small 14’’ screens
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The dropdown view chart will allow you to see the Route you have
selected on an overlay of charts. These will be shown below.
The 1st chart shows the Winds at the initial Flighlevel selected.
The wind chart is zoomed in on route and to make it more easy to read the map every 4th waypoint
is marked in blue both on the righthand side with the name and on the chart
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The 2nd chart shows the route seen from the side, similar to a 3D flightpath. So that the pilots can
see the Icing, Turbulence and Gridmora at different Flightlevel compared to the flightpath that has
been planned for them(marked in blue)
For each waypoint you can see the Max head or tail wind at the bottom of the map.
The 3rd chart shows the

significant weather chart at
the Flighlevel selected.
The SWC chart is zoomed in
on route and the route is
also printed in blue to
visually show which
weather system the
Aircraft crosses during the
flight.
This Is also helpful when
flying over the Atlantic
since the North Atlantic
Tracks are also shown if
applicable at the time
flying.
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FlightList
Sections
Flight List is divided into 2 sections.
Schedule Flights : Flights retrieved via Web Service Interface

CB Upload Flights : Flights uploaded to CrewBriefing or filed via AMEXSY
Schedule Flight
Operators with Web Service Interface will have flights from their scheduling system displayed under
Schedule Flights.
Operators can expect the list to be updated each 2 minutes so changes made with your company’s
scheduling system should take effect in the Flight List shortly after.
(Approx. 5-10 min)
Schedule Flight view has 15 columns:
Type : Crewbriefing or scheduled

STD : Date Of Flight
Time : STD (Schedule Time of Departure)
Ident : Aircraft Ident
Aircraft : Registration of the Aircraft
Dep : Departure Airport
Dest : Destination Airport
Alt1 : Alternate #1
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Alt2 : Alternate #2
ATC Route : The filed ATC route
Route Name : Name of the route inside the route database
CB : here the icon for Crewbriefing is displayed
AMEXSY : here the icon for AMEXSY is displayed
Upload Auto/Man : The state of flight
(Uploaded with Auto-Dispatch or manually uploaded)
ATC Callsign : Here the ATC callsign will be shown (might differ from Ident if
clashing callsign CSV is used)
Icons
CrewBriefing Icon : Flight has been uploaded to CrewBriefing.com
: This symbol will appear if the filed ATC routing and the route
Warning message uploaded to CrewBriefing.com is not identical.
AMEXSY Icon : Flight has been filed via AMEXSY
Upload Auto/Man
If none of the flights from your company’s Schedule System has been uploaded to CrewBriefing, this
column will be empty.
However if any flight has been uploaded either via Auto-Dispatch or manually uploaded one of these
texts will appear:
Auto : The flight has been calculated and uploaded to CrewBriefing by

Auto-Dispatch
(Additional module needed – Contact Air Support for info)
Man : The flight has been calculated and uploaded to CrewBriefing
manually
Noupload.csv
Any flight added in NoUpload.csv in the Data Editor of the Air Support Control Panel will always
result in no state shown in the Upload Auto/Man column.
Auto
Auto-Dispatch can automatically file all flights taken from the Company Schedule System and upload
them to CrewBriefing.com. – As long as a route is stored for the required city-pair.
The amount of hours prior to STD the flights shall be calculated can be individually set according to
each customers requirements.
As long as no one is making manually changes to the flight through PPS and only make changes
within the company Schedule System the state of the flight will continue to stay in “Auto” and Auto-
Dispatch will continue to calculate the flight according to hours set under “Auto Upload Hours”
The following changes made in the Company Schedule System will take effect with Auto-Dispatch:
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- New Aircraft registration

- New crew members
- If Passenger difference compared to the originally uploaded flight is exceeding the amount
set under Route Settings (Ex. PAXDIF=7)
- OPTFL6 activated and Flight Level change will gain according to D/C
Man
For last minute changes a dispatcher can make manual changes to any flights shown in the
Flight List.
This can be done in one of the following ways.
Double-Click any flights with the mouse, and all info from the Flight List will be copied to the Normal
Flight Planning of PPS, and from there a manually calculation is made.
Manual shift between Auto/Man

The dispatcher can manually shift the state of the flight between Auto or Man
This is done by clicking on the state column for the specific flight and a drop-down box will appear.
Simply click the state preferred.
Important Notice!
If the state has been changed to Man, the Auto-Dispatch will not make any new
calculation for the flight – Not even refreshing the flight with new winds!
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CB Upload Flights
Any flights which have been calculated and either filed via AMEXSY or uploaded to CrewBriefing will
be displayed under CB Upload Flights.
Even operators not using Web Service interface will have flights shown as long as calculations has
been made.
CB Uploaded Flights view has 15 columns:
Type : Crewbriefing or scheduled

STD : Date Of Flight
Time : STD (Schedule Time of Departure)
Ident : Aircraft Ident
Aircraft : Registration of the Aircraft
Dep : Departure Airport
Dest : Destination Airport
Alt1 : Alternate #1
Alt2 : Alternate #2
ATC Route : The filed ATC route
Route Name : Name of the route inside the route database
CB : here the icon for Crewbriefing is displayed
AMEXSY : here the icon for AMEXSY is displayed
Upload Auto/Man : The state of flight
(Uploaded with Auto-Dispatch or manually uploaded)
ATC Callsign : Here the ATC callsign will be shown (might differ from Ident if
clashing callsign CSV is used)
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Icons
: Flight has been uploaded to CrewBriefing.com
CrewBriefing Icon
: This symbol will appear if the filed ATC routing and the route
Warning message uploaded to CrewBriefing.com is not identical.
AMEXSY Icon : Flight has been filed via AMEXSY
CrewBriefing Icon : Flight has been downloaded by crewmember.
It is possible to hover the mouse over the icon and a tool-tip will
appear and shown information about by who and when it has been
downloaded. (Shown in picture example)
It is possible to recall and change any of the previously calculated flights shown in the Flight List.
Double-Click any flights with the mouse, and all info from the Flight List combined with all the info
stored on CrewBriefing.com will be copied to the Normal Flight Planning of PPS, and from there a
manually calculation is made.
Flight Agenda
The flight agenda is a tool that can be used to automatize some of the input into the PPS system.
You can with this tool import RPL into the system or create your own flightschedule that can be
uploaded to the flightlist in the PPS8 program.
The flight agenda has 1 line for each flight where you specify in what timeframe the aircraft should
fly. From and to date is also available so that you put in your summer and winter schedule.
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Will allow you to import flight from a *.rpl file (repetive flight plan)
Will save the entries you have done to your company share folder
Will upload all flights in the flight agenda to your flightlist in PPS8 for the next 10
days. Has to be done every 10 days
Will add an extra line to the flight agenda
Will delete the marked line in the agenda. To mark a line, press to the left of the line
you want to mark.
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FastRouting
Guide
You can find detailed explanation covering each Area of Fastrouting. Use the picture below to guide
you on where to search in the Table of Content on previous page.
Many small popup help texts has been implemented, just let the mouse hover a second over a
button or input field to display.
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Area 1 (Menu)
File
Save the current Map as a BMP-file.

Print the current Map. Please select landscape print put manually.
Exit Fast Routing without saving the selected route, same as Esc.
Exit Fast Routing and save the selected route, same as OK Exit.
Edit
Undo the last action, in this case a Zoom

Activate the search function, same as Find in the quick buttons below.
Insert/type the ID of the nav and click either Find just to see it positioned on the map or Find and
Select to have it shown and selected like if you had clicked on it.
View
Option to toggle what information
should be shown on the big map.
PAX Info Chart – It’s possible to save and print this map directly from PPS.
NOTE: It’s only recommendable to print if customers don’t have internet access to CrewBriefing. If
using CrewBriefing a PAX Info Chart will automatically be included in the briefing package.
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Example of Pax Info Chart printed directly from PPS:
EROPS/ETOPS –this map can be printed, saved or even send to CrewBriefing as an attachment
(requires print with a PDF-generator ex. the CrewBriefing printer, see PPS Tray manual, and Upload
documents.)
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Example of EROPS/ETOPS map:
Green Tracks – Active Tracks in direction planned.

Violet Tracks – Tracks in opposite direction of the Active Tracks.
Default – normal working screen, same extended functionalities as the previous two examples.
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Option -box to select what you would like to see or not see in the
fast routing. See below.
Remove any manual added graphics, arcs, radials, unsaved user
defined waypoints etc.
In the Option -box you are able to select,

regardless of the standard setting, what
you would like to see on the map.
Depending on map detail size (zoom
in/out), default selections/de-selections
are made, but here you have the option to
permanent change settings for fast
routing.
Airway: Airways
Awy Fix: Intersections
VOR/TACAN: VOR’s and TACAN’s
NDB: NDB’s
FIR: FIR’s, Country borders remains.
SRS: Standard Routes
SID/STAR: Defined SID/STAR, only available if FSS or LSS is activated.
Wind: Wind direction/speed (normal wind chart indicators)
Restr. Areas: Will display several type of restricted areas on the map, and when activated a
pop-up window appears:
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Simply choose the areas you wish to have displayed.
NOTE: It’s not possible for FastRouting to avoid these areas!
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Example when Restricted Areas is activated:
Volcanic Ash: Will display an overlay of the predicted Vulcanic ash concentrations on the
map
Airways
Show airway info - Opens a window where you can search and show all airways in the database
Common airways - Search for a common airway between two waypoints.
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Show airway info.
Either type in the airway name or select via the dropdown box.
If you click on Draw (2) all the waypoints of the airway will be drawn on the map as yellow and red
circles.
You can easily see the airway definition in the body window with FIR, MAX/MIN FL-usability.
If a red cross is marked in the column One-Way (3) the airway is either one-way in the other direction
or closed by a RAD-restriction. If reason is a RAD restriction it will be stated in the column RAD String
(4).
When the amount of waypoints is greater than can fit inside the window you can move the list up
and down with the scrollbar in the right side.
You can also select to see the conditional route (CDR) information for specific route segments on the
airway by selecting CDR info (1)
Describes the segment-part, min, max FL and validation dates from and to.
Below is a time-bar indicating what category the segment-part is, in which time period for a specific
weekday.
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Green is CDR 1 – always useable

Yellow is CDR 2 – useable if opened by CRAM
Red is CDR 3 – always closed
As default Fast Routing considers CDR 2 as always closed.

To have Fast Routing show and use CDR 2 airway segments, this must be selected in Tools, Options
and unmark CDR2/3 airways permanently closed. The setting must be applied every time fast routing
is started.
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Common airways.
Type in the names for the two waypoints and if one or more common airways exist between these
waypoints it will be listed below. This search will show all airways regardless of FL or restrictions.
Routes
Autoroute.
Activate the Autoroute-function, much like
Autoroute in Area 2 but with the extended
features to select which waypoint to route via
and/or not via.
Via/Not-Via.
When selecting either of “Via” or “Not-Via” and clicking “Add new” a new box opens.
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You now have the option to add one or more waypoints to a list you want fast routing to route via or
Not-Via.
Just click on a waypoint in the Fast routing main picture and the ID with position and country will be
transferred. It’s also possible to type in a Waypoint ID and click Find, if multiple waypoints with same
name exists a new box appears giving you the option to select exactly which waypoint to use.
Ex. you got an entry clearance to Russia via RATIN, just add RATIN and when you click [OK] the “Add
Via-point to CSV file” box appears:
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You now have the option to add the point as a permanently Route “Via-Point” or “Not-Via” in the
CSV file STD-VIA-NOT-VIA of the data Editor in the AIR SUPPORT Control Panel, and you can also set
the criteria’s to be fulfilled to use the point.
You can see the different options in the “Add Via-Point to CSV file” box displayed above.
If you choose the “Via-Point” to be added permanently to the CSV with the same criteria’s as
shown above the stored information in the CSV file looks like this:
If you choose the “Not-Via-Point” to be added permanently to the CSV with the simelar criteria’s
as shown above the stored information in the CSV file looks like this:
To add or remove a waypoint to the active list click “Add” or “Clear all”.
The last option removes all added waypoints.
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The selected waypoints can of course always be seen in the add/remove box but are also listed
directly in the Via/Not via-box.
Fast routing will not generate a route between a city pair if the waypoint stated in via or not via is not
included/excluded.
CFMU Route Assistance

The CFMU Route Assistance links directly to the CFMU server at
Eurocontrol.
The purpose is to help the user finding alternative routes from
CFMU.
Please be aware of that this alternative will not cover for global
planning and is only limited to propose routes with the IFPS
airspace. Routes outside IFPS is not supported.
When opening “CFMU Route Assistance” the following window appears.
CFMU Route Assistance Tool
The CFMU Route Assistance Tool is divided into two sections.
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- Upper section
o It’s possible to make changes to the search criteria’s here.
- Lower section
o If the CFMU Route Assistance succeeds creating routes, they will be displayed here.
Upper section has following fields:

ACFT: Shows the aircraft being used in this planning phase (Not changeable)
DEP: Aerodrome of Departure (Not changeable)
DEST: Aerodrom of arrival (Not changeable)
SchTimeDep: Date of Flight
 Can be manually changed with the drop down box.
EOBT: Estimated Of Block Time
 Can be manually changed.
FL: Planned Flight level
 Can be manually changed.
VIA point: Route proposals should go via entered waypoint
 If more than one point: Separate with comma
NOT VIA Point: Route proposals should avoid going via entered waypoint
 If more than one point: Separate with comma
Lower section has following fields:

FL: Flight Level of the suggested route.
Duration: Expected airborne time of suggested route with chosen aircraft type.
Length: Track distance of suggested route.
Route: The ATC route suggested by CFMU Assistance is displayed here.
Key - [Routes]: When route criteria has been entered the CFMU Route Assistance tool will
send the request to the CFMU server and routes fulfilling the requirements
(If any) will be displayed in the lower section.
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Please note that CFMU Route Assistance is based on B2B (Business-to-Business) via a Web
application to CFMU servers at Eurocontrol, so expect a delay before appropriate route has been
found.
While the request is being sent the only indicator that shows that a calculation is being processed is
the text in the lower left corner of the Assist Tool window:
Whenever a route is displayed that you find fit for the city pair you simply double click the route and
it will then be copied to PPS.
The route is then displayed in Fast Routing in the same way as if the route where generated
normally.
It’s now possible to validate the route.
Tools
Test FPL is a transfer of data to test on CFMU validation page.

Documents to be viewed inside Fastrouting
Options are for the more advanced users who would like to fine- tune
how fast Routing acts and looks.
Test FPL
Only valid for AMEXSY users!
When activated the following window will appear:
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Simply click on the [Test] button and a Test FPL will be send via the
Air Support AMEXSY system.
If the route contains an error the response will be shaded in Red.
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If the route contains no error the response will be shaded in Green.
Important Note !
It is not possible to validate unless your computer is connected to the internet and a valid
CrewBriefing username is written in the AIR SUPPORT Control Panel.
Please contact Air Support if any assistance is needed setting up a Username & Password
Message displayed in case of missing username/password.
Only customers subscribing to AMEXSY will be able to validate through the new interface.
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Message displayed in case of no subscription to AMEXSY.
Documents
Opens a PDF viewer window and displays the active NAT-, AUSOTS- or PACOTS-tracks.
NAT = North Atlantic Tracks.

AUSOTS = Australian Organized Track System.
PACOTS = Pacific Organized Track System.
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Example of NAT document:
Options
When clicking options a new window will appear.
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Example of Option window:
General
Distance calculation method can be either Distance or ESAD. This is to indicate how you want
autorouting to create the shortest route if it should be shortest distance still air or shortest distance
taking the actual winds into consideration (ESAD=Equivalent Still Air Distance).
Avoid FIR can also be selected from the AIR SUPPORT Control Panel, changeable for each individual
flight telling the autoroute function to try avoid specific FIR’s.
Map area buffer is where you can decide how wide the area in which you want to see navaids,
standard routes etc should be in percent of your present route great circle distance. In Fast Routing
all navaids is shown inside an ellipse covering DEP and DEST. The size of this ellipse is a function of
the great circle distance between DEP and DEST added with the percentage factor stated.
CDR2/3 airways permanently closed. Fast Routing is able to calculate if your present routing can use
CDR2/3-airways along your track according to the latest issued CDR-document. Fast Routing will not
take the daily CRAM-messages into consideration. As default we recommend to leave the setting
CDR2/3 permanently closed.
Reset all settings will reset all changed numbers and settings back to default.
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Color scheme
In color scheme you can select between two different settings for the map-color in Fast Routing. If
you are printing out a map from Fast Routing scheme Bright is recommended and for normal day use
Default is recommended.
Autoroute
Allow using lower airways near destination. If autoroute is marked, fastrouting will try to use lower
levels, within 100NM from destination.
Max route distance factor. Indicates, in percent, how far a route autoroute is allowed to try finding a
route from DEP to DEST. In this case 30 is selected giving autoroute limitation to create a route with
maximum distance of great circle from DEP to DEST plus 30%.
Max course difference. Indicates, in degrees, how far off course from present position towards
destination autoroute is allowed to search for next waypoint. In this case 70 is selected giving
autoroute permission to look 70 degrees left and right from a direct track present position towards
destination.
STAR ARR stop range. Indicates, in NM, how far away from destination autoroute is allowed to
consider a route complete if the destination airport has STAR-definitions. This distance is used when
autoroute approaches a destination with published STAR’s but there is no STAR available in the
sector where you are coming from.
ARR stop range. Indicates, in NM, how far away from destination autoroute is allowed to consider a
route complete when the destination airport has no STAR-definitions. This distance is used when
autoroute approaches a destination without published STAR’s.
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EROPS
You can select if you want additional to see 60 min, 120 min or both in Fast Routing when EROPS is
marked in section 2.
60 and 120 min are indicated only with a black ring, the area covered with the amount of minutes
inserted for each individual aircraft is shown with a gray shaded area. In the following example 180
min has been inserted in the aircraft.
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Settings
Automatically select a departure waypoint

Draw longest SID/STAR from/to airport/waypoint
Show TACAN rotes in fast routing
Show FIR/UIR boundaries on the map
Show Grid Mora heights on the map
Show airway labels on the map
Show waypoint info on the map
All settings are stored for use in the next sessions.
Actions
Insert a STAY-segment in the routing.

You can place STAY in two different ways.
- Between two waypoints.
- Over a specific waypoint.
Between two waypoints.
Click on a waypoint, and choose the Insert STAY function, then click on second waypoint and a STAY
will be placed between those two pints.
Over a specific waypoint.
Click on a waypoint, and choose the Insert STAY function, then click on the same waypoint again as
previous and a STAY will be placed over the chosen waypoint.
When activated, STAY(x) will be inserted in the route string shown in the left side.
And in the map with single rings
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Help
Fast Routing help - It’s planned in the future to contain an online help-function.
When selecting About Fast Routing, a box will appear with information about the current Fast
Routing version, current Nav data version and the validation period of the current Nav database.
Area 2 (Quick buttons)
Description of keys
Ok Exit When your route is complete click <OK EXIT> and the waypoints and ATC
routing will be transferred to the flight plan. Keyboard: [ENTER].
Esc Exits Fast Routing without transferring the data.
Keyboard: [ESC].
Restore Restore the original Fast Routing screen size. Keyboard: [R]
New Delete the whole route and restore the Fast Routing screen. Keyboard: [N]
Autoroute Activate automatic routing to destination. This feature generates the
shortest legal route. Keyboard: [A].
A.WP Autoroute to Waypoint. Upon click on A.WP select the waypoint on the
map and the system will activate automatic routing to the selected
waypoint.
Find Locate and select or use Find and Select a waypoint, see later. Keyboard:
[F]
Del Delete all waypoints back to the selected waypoint of the route. Keyboard:
[DELETE].
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In / Out Zoom can be utilized without any limitations. Click on the <IN> or <OUT>
increase/decrease map size. Keyboard: [+]/[-]
FL Brings up a new window that allows you to select different flight level, see
later.
EROPS/ETOPS Turns on and off the display of EROPS/ETOPS-circles depending on the
airports entered via the EROPS/ETOPS Alt-function in Tray.
Weekend Use this switch to toggle weekend airways on and off. Weekend airways
are displayed in magenta.
Airports Use this to switch between displaying and hiding the ICAO codes and the
locations of the airports.
When choosing you will be prompted to enter minimum runway distance
(In Ft) and only airports fulfilling the distance will be displayed.
Airways All airways visual mode: A useful tool for the Selective Airway Autosearch
for tricky flights e.g. where airway connections at the end of the flight have
great importance for the choice of airways in the beginning of the flight.
Once all airways are drawn you can continue the construction of your
routing. Normally only legal airways within 60 NM of the departure and
destination airport will be shown to operate the Fast Routing at a
satisfactory working speed.
Wayp Shows the name of the waypoint positioned under the cursor in the map.
Pos Shows the exact position of the cursor in the map. In (brackets) the
distance in Nautical miles from last chosen waypoint to curser position.
STD Shows the Standard time of departure for the flight.
SID Shows which Standard Instrument Departure has been selected for this
flight. Pressing it will bring up a box to select a specific SID.
STAR Shows which Standard Terminal Arrival Route has been selected for this
flight. Pressing it will bring up a box to select a specific STAR.
Actual FL Shows you the actual flight level selected.
Route distance Shows the accumulated distance for the selected route. Also included in
the distance is SID/STAR-length if LSS or FSS is selected in 4 Miscellaneous,
2 Setup flight plan, flight plan ver.
Find
Click the button and a new window appears.
Type a waypoint name and click; “Find and Select” or “Find”.
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Find and Select - will add the waypoint to your route and show the location on the map.
Find – A yellow and red circle will illustrate the position on the map.
FL
Click the button and a new window appears.
Before you select a FL consider if you want the LC NOT to be automatically transferred into the ATC-
string. If you don’t want it to be included you must mark the box in the top left corner BEFORE you
select the FL. Regardless if you select to include the LC or not in the ATC you will always be able to
see the level at which you are planning each individual waypoint in the waypoint list (Area 4).
Area 3 (Toolbar)
Description of keys
Toolbar buttons can be used to easily turn on and off the view of individual details on the map.
Some buttons change status according to map-scale. Ex. airway labels are only default selected
below a certain scale.
When an item is deselected the background color of the button is white.
After manual selection this will overrule default selections.
-Use ESAD calculation (Minimum Time Track)

-Show/hide Wind-symbols
-Show/hide Airway labels
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-Show/hide Waypoint labels
Be careful not to add to many add-ons since your screen can get very confusing.
Next two pictures show the difference between selecting/deselecting wind-symbols, airway labels
and waypoint labels.
Example of difference when all Airports/Airway labels/Wind fanes are shown.
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Area 4 (Waypoint list)
Description
As a route is build up, the list indicates all the
waypoints along the route, giving also the
information if an airway is followed and FL at
the waypoint.
When the amount of waypoints is greater than
can fit inside the window you can move the list
up and down with the scrollbar in the right side.
Right Clicking
If you right click in any of the waypoint-lines, a selection box comes up.
Change, next clicked waypoint on the map will

replace the current.
Delete, will bring up a new window. See below.
Insert, next clicked waypoint on the map will be
inserted in front.
Copy Route, will bring up a new window. See below
Insert Route, will paste in the route string copied in
previous option.
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Deleting waypoints
When you right click in the waypoint list and select Delete, the following window appears:
The waypoint where you right clicked is by default marked and more waypoints can now also be
included in the deletion list, when finished marking the points, click Ok and the waypoints are
removed from the list. If an Airway was written before the waypoint name this will be replaced with
DCT if no specific airway connection exists between the two new neighbor waypoints.
If you want to delete the rest of the route from a specific waypoint you just left click on the waypoint
and press the DEL-button in the quick button panel (Keyboard: [DELETE]).
Copy Route
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When you right click in the waypoint list and select [Copy Route], the following window appears:
The waypoint where you right clicked is by default marked and all the waypoints on the remaining
route string will also be marked.
When the route segments has been copied it’s now possible to change first part of the route until the
point previous copied from (In this example EEL)
Simply click [Insert Route] and the previous copied route segment will be inserted.
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Area 5 (Map)
Choosing specific SID/STAR

It’s possible to choose a specific SID/STAR in FastRouting. This procedure can then be added to the
ATC route and PPS will use the correct distance to calculated a more correct trip-time & trip-fuel
When choosing the Departure Point the longest SID is pr default selected. If you press the highlighted
SID then the Select SID/STAR box appears.
Please note that if an airport departure/Arrival point only exists with one procedure the Select
SID/STAR-box will not appear.
Example of Select SID/STAR-Box:
For illustration we have only shown the SID box since the selection method is identical for both
procedures.
As you can see it’s possible to review some basic information regarding the individual procedure.
ID: The SID/STAR identifier
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Rwy: Runway the affected procedure is connected to.

Dist: The distance of the procedure.
Rmk: Any remark entered under SidStarAvlb.csv is shown here.
How to add the remark is explained later in this manual.
This can be helpful if company policies needs to be shown for the selection.
Furthermore it’s also possible to have additional information

displayed through three different tabs’ to help decide which
SID to choose.
These tabs’ also opens information in regards of WX or
Notams.
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When moving the mouse to the edges of the map a set of arrows becomes visible (right side in the
example above). A left-click on the single arrow will move the view 50 % up or down, left or right.
Left clicking the mouse over the double arrow marking will move the picture 100 % up or down, left
or right.
You have the ability to change your already prepared route via drag and drop.
In the above example I would like my route to go from TUROP via ATLEN to VES instead of via LOTEE.
Left click on LOTEE, keep holding down the mouse-button and move the cursor over to ATLEN.
Release the mouse button and your route is changed. Note in the waypoint list (Area 4) that the
Airway names are also automatically updated.
This box gives you all the information possible regarding the
waypoint.
Wayp: abbreviation Tuska, Name: full name Tuska,
Pos: latitude/longitude, Var: variation –(west)2,
Awys: airways connecting, Direction: track from previously
select waypoint,
Dist: distance from previously selected waypoint, Connection
from: name of airway available at the FL from previously
selected waypoint.
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Right clicking on an Airport
LPPT - Is of cause the ICAO name of the airport.

Show info - Opens a new small window, see #1below.
WX/NOTAM – Collects “On the Fly ” Weather/Notams for
the chosen airport. (Pc must be online)
User defined – Display a dropdown box, see #4 below.
Right clicking a point

You can always right click on a waypoint and a small box appears:
TUSKA - Is of cause the waypoint name.

Select - Will add the waypoint to route.
Show info - Opens a new small window, see #1below.
Autoroute – Display a dropdown box, see #2 below.
Show all airways – Show connecting airways, see #3 below.
User defined – Display a dropdown box, see #4 below.
Show info Autoroute

#1 #2
To this waypoint - Will try autoroute to this waypoint

Add to Via-points- Will add this waypoint direct to the list
Add to Not-Via-points- Will add this waypoint to Not-Via list
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When Add to Via-points or Add to Not-Via is selected the previously described “Manage Via points”-
window appears and the selected waypoint is directly put in the added list.
When Add to Not-Via-points is selected the previously described “Manage Not-Via points”-window
appears and the selected waypoint is directly put in the list (not illustrated here).
Show all airways

#3
Additional to the function show all airways on the entire map (See description Area 2) you can see all
airways closed by RAD-restrictions from a specific waypoint. When activated the closed airways are
drawn with red.
In following example I would like to go from 1 to 2 but no direct airway connection is available. I click
on the waypoint marked by arrow and select “Show all airways”
It turns out 1 and 2 are connected with airway(s).
I just click on waypoint 2 and a new box appears
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If Yes is selected the airway will be inserted in the route (Area 3) and marked with a thick blue line.
If No is selected DCT will be inserted in the route and normal DCT markings in the map area.
This can be used, not only with show all airways, everywhere in the map.
If an airway exits, but not shown, between your present waypoint and the next selected waypoint
the box asking if you want to use a closed airway also comes up.
If more closed airways are available the select airway box will also appear.
User defined Points

#4
Draw radial - Option to draw a radial in map

Draw arc - Option to draw an arc in map
Create userdefined waypoint - Create from radial/dist
Clear user graphics - Remove all arcs/radials in map
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When Draw radial is selected a new box appears asking which radial and distance, from present
waypoint, you would like the line to be drawn in the map
Pres Enter or click Draw the line is shown
When Draw Arc is selected a new box appears asking the radius of the arc from present waypoint
Pres Enter or click Draw the arc is shown
When Create Userdefined waypoint is selected a new box appears asking the radial and distance
from present waypoint to the userdefined waypoint you wo uld like to see and/or create.
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Pres Enter or click Draw the waypoint is shown
Click Create and a new box appear. For storing purposes you must enter Ident and Name, ICAO and
Freq are optional.
In the map Ident name is inserted beside the userdefined waypoint
A user defined waypoint can be created “out of the blue” simply by right-clicking where you want the
waypoint to be created, option to Create userdefined Waypoint appears.
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When clicked the window for create User defined waypoint appears.
Compulsory entries are Ident and Name. Optional is ICAO, Variation and Freq.
Latitude and longitude can of course be manually changed. When finished click OK and the user
defined waypoint is stored for use in this and later sessions.
You can always manage these userdefined waypoints from the PPS Control Panel under the menu
DATA editor.
Airway labels
To give you as much info as possible first hand, the airway labels are also indicating if an airway is
one-way or two ways.
In this example UN872 is a one-way airway

going southwest and UN873 can be used
both ways.
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Zoom function
To zoom in you can use the In/Out Quick buttons or make a tailorized zoom area where you decide
the size of the new map.
To do this left click where you would like one corner of the new map, keep the mouse button down
and move to where you would like the opposite map-corner to be.
As you can see the new map size is

illustrated when you move the mouse,
the actual latitude/longitude of the
mouse is printed in red together with
the distance from the first selection to
the position of the mouse cursor in NM.
End of detailed description of Fast Routing.
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AMEXSY
FPL Viewer
Two lists are available, Live and Test, corresponding to flightplans sent to the CFMU live system or
the CFMU test system (selected by transmitting/uploading).
It’s possible to select the timeframe you wish to use.
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Prev 2, Next 6 Previous 2 Hours & next 6 Hours

Today All flights from Midnight to Midnight utc Today
Tomorrow All flight past Midnight until Midnight the following day
Next 24 Hrs From present time & 24 Hours in future
Recent Last 24 Hours
Any Period Last 48 Hours & maximum 5 days in the future
Below you will see the filed ATC plans and their status.
Four different status-colors is used in the left hand side of the AMEXSY window
Green FPL acknowledged (ACK) received.

Sent Message Sent meaning that reply is missing.
Rej/Not sent FPL Rejected (REJ) or not sent.
CTOT CTOT received from CFMU.
Pending Message is Pending.
In the right hand side of the of the AMEXSY windows we have blank table
Indicates that the route filed to AMEXSY and the route uploaded to the
operational Flightplan on Crewbriefing.com is not identical.
Message Flow in Amexsy

Below you can see an example on how the status-color changes when filing a FPL for a flight from
Europe to USA or vice versa.
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You click on the + sign in the row where your flight is shown to see the status for the different ATC
units. You will see, that while the status for the ATC Unit EUROCONTROL is “Sent” (yellow), the
status for the ATC Unit FAA is “Pending” (orange).
When the ACK message comes back from EUROCONTROL, the status for this ATC Unit is changed to
“Ack” (green) and the status for the ATC Unit FAA is changed to “Sent” (yellow)
When the ACK message comes back from FAA, the status for this ATC Unit is changed to “Ack”
(green).
In the same example, if a REJ message is returned from EUROCONTROL, then the message to the ATC
Unit FAA, is never sent.
However – if an ACK message is returned from EUROCONTROL, but a REJ message is returned from
FAA, then there is a valid FPL in EUROCONTROL but NOT in FAA. This situation requires manual
intervention. Our recommendation in this case, is to send a CNL message followed by a new
corrected FPL.
Flashing Dot
When the status-dot is flashing, nobody in your company has yet acknowledged the new message.
Acknowledge of seeing the response is automatically given in the system when you click on a specific
flight.
When you click on a flight, the corresponding messages for this flight will be shown in the bottom
part of the screen.
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Here you can see the FPL you have sent and the reply(s) from Euro control.
If you hold the mouse over the Text field, then a box will be shown with the content-text.
Or alternately you can double-click on an item and the text will be shown as well, then the following
window will appear.
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If you receive a rerouting or route proposal

from CFMU this can easily be copied from
the FPL viewer to PPS by doing the following.
Right click on the message containing the
rerouting and click copy route.
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Right Click ACK message

When you receive a long ACK from Eurocontrol you will have the possibility to Right Click the
message. This will give you a few options.
Copy Route - Copies the ATC string to your computer clipboard and give the option to paste into new
window (Ex. Notepad; SITA; Email; PPS; etc.)
New PPS Flight - When choosing this – Not only the ATC string is copied, but also all previous
information from the original PPS calculated route is copied, and will automatically be pasted into a
new PPS Flight Plan. NOT SUPPORTED in the PPS 8 Windows version
What’s this - Will give you a explanation regarding the message type shown.
It is not only the ACK messages which contains these explanations.
All message types received by Eurocontrol will have the “What’s this” option.
Print Preview - Opens the message written on a PDF file.
At the bottom right you have two buttons: Print Preview & Refresh.
Refresh - will update the list, an automatic refresh is done every second minute.
Print Preview - collects all the messages concerning the selected flight into one PDF document and
will display it onscreen for printing/saving etc.
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Also at the bottom you could have a Notification displayed:
NOTE: This will only be displayed if the function is enabled in “Other Settings” under the AMEXSY
SETTINGS menu explained earlier in this manual!
This message announces if there are flights uploaded to CrewBriefing which hasn’t been filed to an
appropriate ATC unit.
Clicking on the message will display similar window:
NOTE: ONLY flights uploaded to Crewbriefing within the range -2/+20 Hrs. from STD which hasn’t
been filed via AMEXSY will appear in this window. All other flights outside this period will not activate
the Notification!
Notifications will stay in window until either the flight has been filed via AMEXSY
Or,
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Until the box “Disregard” has been ticked and thereafter clicking OK.
You cannot send any clear text messages in AMEXSY but you can go to the top part of the box and
Right-click on the Status field and the following window will appear.
DLA
If you select DLA a new box will appear and you can put in a new EOBT.
When you press Ok the change will be sent and the Icon will turn Red until a reply is received.
CNL
If you select CNL a box will appear prompting you if the CNL message should be sent.
You have the possibility to change between Non-ICAO Standard Message or ICAO Standard message.
You change by ticking the box: “Use ICAO formatting”
None ICAO formatting ICAO formatting
- Accepted only within IFPS airspace. - Accepted everywhere
A cancellation to the specific flight will be sent and when a acknowledge message is received from
CFMU the flight are removed from all lists in the Flight plan viewer.
The option “Use ICAO formatting” Is also helpful in situations where a flight has been delayed
previously by instance other than Amexsy e.g. TOWER; Briefing Office; handling Agent.
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CNL and REFILE

When this option is chosen you have the opportunity to move the ATC flight plan forward; this is
done through the following window that appears:
Simply just enter the new EOBT and click [Ok]
CHG (Item 18)

If you right-click on a flight and chose “CHG (item 18)” you will have the ability to change items in
item 18 “Other Info” in the ATC FPL. E.g. overflight permits.
It will show you the item 18 of the last filed FPL or CHG message.
You can then change item 18 by adding or edit information. If you right-click in the box you will see
all approved sub-field indicators which you can use in item 18.
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Resend FPL
You can right-click and choose “Resend FPL”. It gives you the opportunity to send the FPL again to
selected addresses by your choice and you will have the possibility to change “Item 18 – Other
information”.
You will see a new screen where the addresses and Item 18 can be altered before the FPL is sent.
See below.
If you click on [To]: the following screen will be shown for altering the addresses:
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Find
Selecting FIND open’s the following window.
Simply enter the complete Flight number on the specific flight you search and it will be displayed.
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Show Complete Message List

Will open message history window on the flight you right clicked.
As default the window will be empty.

Clicking the drop down box open’s the calendar where you can chose from which date you would like
to have the message history displayed.
Now simply mark the flights you would like message history displayed from and click Print Preview
and a PDF page containing all chosen flight message history will be displayed.
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P P S U S E R M A N U A L A I R S U P P O R T
CrewBriefing
Opens up an Internet browser (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer) and type in www.CrewBriefing.com
or simply CrewBriefing.com.
Notice
All functions at www.CrewBriefing.com are optimized for Microsoft Internet

Explorer and a minimum resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels.
All the following screen dumps in the manual have been taken from the standard Internet Explorer
frame to save space.
Type in your allocated CrewBriefing User name and Password.
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Notice
If you have no User name, Password or get a message saying “Invalid login
credentials”, contact the CrewBriefing/PPS-responsible in your company. Do not
call AIR SUPPORT A/S since your company does account creations and password
assignments - we only create an administrative account.
All flight numbers are a combination of an individual company code, used for unique identification by
the CrewBriefing server, and the flight number/registration used by the company in-flight.
Display of the company code can any time be changed in the Company Settings Administration-
section, see later in this manual.
On-line help is available either as a PDF-document (click Help in upper right corner) or just let the
mouse pause on a selection subject and a small description box will open.
Main View
In the top left corner a company logo can be inserted, AIR SUPPORT A/S must do this. Almost all
formats can be used, but we do prefer a .JPG or .GIF-file.
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You can always see CrewBriefing version number in the lowest right corner of the main window.
Time You can always see UTC time and local computer time on CB
Administration If available for this username it gives the opportunity to change
User accounts or various company policy settings.
Help This document.
Flight Info Main view listing flights.

Write Message Gives the opportunity to write a message to a specific flight or
multiple flights.
WX Next 12 Hrs Opportunity to get WX reports for all DEP/DEST Airports for all
flights that has a STD within the next 12 Hours.
Miscellaneous Opportunity to have company selected HTML-links and text
inserted, 5 links are inserted as default by AIR SUPPORT A/S
Company Documents If a document is to be available for all CB-users but not attached to
every flight it can uploaded to this page. For more info see the
manual for PPS Tray, upload documents.
Extra WX/ Opportunity to get extra WX Reports/Charts/NOTAMS not
Charts/NOTAMSs associated with any specific flight. Satellite images can also be
retrieved on this page.
List
Flights Next 6 Hrs Shows a list of uploaded flights where STD is within the next 6
hours
hours
hours
Recent Shows a list of uploaded flights where STD has been exceeded. All
flights are automatically deleted 24 hours after STD
Any Period Shows all flights uploaded to CrewBriefing
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Main view tab strip

Msgs Shows an envelope icon if a message (not uploaded documents)
exits for a specific flight.
FLIGHT When clicked sorts the shown flights by Flight number in
ascending/descending order
STD When clicked sorts the shown flights by STD in
Dep When clicked sorts the shown flights by Departure in
Upload Time (UTC) When clicked sorts the shown flights by Upload Time in
Extended possibilities to search for a user defined aircraft reg number/tail number and/or crew initial
etc.
Insert the search string, select if you want the search to be performed for all categories or by clicking
the arrow down to search for one of the five specific categories.
Aircraft Reg. Number Specific Aircraft Registration number
Crew Code Crew initials on uploaded flights
Departure All flights from specific Departure aerodrome
Destination All flights to specific Destination aerodrome
Departure or Dest. All flights from both specific Dept/Dest aerodrome
Click the Search button to view the result of your search.

Crew initials can be between 1 and 5 characters depending on the uploaded amount. If no crew
initials are uploaded, the search will come up blank.
Also, click the Search/Update List button to get your current flight list refreshed.
Note : Only full string search is possible. Partial string inserted will result in no flights shown.
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To tailorize an individual opening page for each CrewBriefing-user click on User settings and the
selectable items are highlighted in green:
- select the settings you want and click Save to store for further use.
Note : Option to turn off this feature is available under administration.
If more than one page of flights is available, a page selection option will appear at the bottom.
FLIGHT INFO
CrewBriefing offers the possibility to create and print/fax/save two different “Flight packages”, one
for a single flight and one for a group of flights.
According to the number of selected flights you will either get the Flight Info Menu (single flight) or
the Flight Group Info Menu (multiple flights).
It’s possible to set a maximum number of flights you want to display in the Flight Selection window
individually for each log-in. You can choose to display between 30, 40, 50 or 60 flights. This is
configured in the user administration window and will be explained in more detail later in this
manual.
To open Flight Info Menu for a flight, just click on the relevant registration/flight number(s).
GROUP SELECTED FLIGHTS
To open details for a group of flights select the flights you want to group in the FLIGHT list and click
one of the Group Flights links.
These are displayed above and below the Flight Selection Window.
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You have the possibility to select up to a maximum of 7 flights in a group. When the maximum
selected flights are exceeding 7 flights the following text will be displayed above and below the Flight
Selection window:
Note : Option to make refresh and recalculation of flights is not available when grouping flights. This
must be done in Single flight selection and following Group flights can be used for printing.
SINGLE FLIGHT
If a message has been uploaded/sent to a flight, a small envelope is shown in front of the flight
number link. In case the message has high importance, a red exclamation mark is shown beside the
envelope (e.g. OYPPS-EKBI-LPPT).
We have the possibility not to show any envelopes at all on the flight page(s). This on/off feature
toggle is only available in the Company Settings Administration.
Following screen appears when a high importance message is attached to the flight selected from the
list.
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You now click on the blue link “Read Important Message(s)” and a new browser window is open
showing you the PDF containing the high important message(s)
When closing this browser window you will see the text in the previous window has changed to:
It’s now giving you the option to continue, just by clicking on the link: to the Flight Info Menu
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When selecting any of the blue underlined text in the Flight Info Menu a preview of the chosen item
on the screen will be shown.
As default, all items are selected for inclusion in the flight information document about to be
created. To deselect one or more items just unmark the box.
AIR SUPPORT A/S staff can, on request from the company, adjust default selections. Note : It must be
the company CrewBriefing administrator who makes the request.
As default all messages for the flight will be included but you have the option to only include
important messages.
The features Refresh and Recalculate are described later in this manual.
To minimize the amount of paper printed for each flight information document, half size print is
available for Weather and NOTAMs.
In this example ½ sizes is selected as default and the item will be printed in two columns landscape
size.
Note : Be careful to use half-size when the printout is intended to be faxed. Fax quality may destroy
vital detailed information in the text.
The ATC flighplan can be included both in short or full ICAO or both.
Wind and significant WX charts are already marked for the flight depending on time and level, but
also other levels, time-blocks and route-time-windows are available. Click the small plus sign and a
new selection-box opens up.
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In the lower right corner a green link “Legend” opens up a new browser with the page from Annex 3-
Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation, Appendix 1-16, explaining symbols and
abbreviations normally used.
The 3 normal charts that are attached to a flight pr default are the following
The 1st chart shows the Winds at the initial Flighlevel selected.
The wind chart is zoomed in on route and to make it more easy to read the map every 4th waypoint
is marked in blue both on the righthand side with the name and on the chart
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The 2nd chart shows the route seen from the side, similar to a 3D flightpath. So that the pilots can
see the Icing, Turbulence and Gridmora at different Flightlevel compared to the flightpath that has
been planned for them(marked in blue)
For each waypoint you can see the Max head or tail wind at the bottom of the map.
The 3rd chart shows the
significant weather chart at
the Flighlevel selected.
The SWC chart is zoomed in
on route and the route is
also printed in blue to
visually show which
weather system the
Aircraft crosses during the
flight.
This Is also helpful when
flying over the Atlantic
since the North Atlantic
Tracks are also shown if
applicable at the time
flying.
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ETP CHARTS ON ETOPS FLIGHTS
When making a flightplan with ETOPS/ETP an ekstra windchart with ETP times will be attached to the
weatherchart. You can see that the chart are attached by making sure that there is a tick in NAT.
At the present time we are only able to provide this chart at FL100 with the wind vanes on.
An example of an ETP chart is illustrated below
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When all selections are made, click “Next” to proceed to specify how you wish to receive the
selected flight information.
Click Download Flight Information to get all selected items as a single document to view/save/print.
All downloaded documents are of course Bookmarked.
If left-clicked, the PDF will automatically be downloaded and the associated PDF-Reader (mandatory
for viewing PDF’s) will start up, showing the file.
If right-clicked, a box will appear from where you have the ability to open or save the PDF-file.
If available (extra feature to CrewBriefing) you can also select “Email Flight Information”, which
sends off the flight information document to an emailaddress of your choice (no PDF-reader
required)
If available (extra feature to CrewBriefing) you can also select “Fax Flight Information”, which sends
off the flight information document to a fax-machine of your choice (no PDF-reader required). See
later in this manual on how to use the email and Fax Flight function.
GROUP OF FLIGHTS
If a message has been uploaded/sent to a flight, a small envelope is shown in front of the flight
number link. In case the message has high importance, a red exclamation mark is shown beside the
envelope (e.g. OYPPS-EKBI-LPPT).
We have the possibility not to show any envelopes at all on the flight page(s). This on/off feature
toggle is only available in the Company Settings Administration.
To read the message click on the underlined Read Message(s) and a PDF-document containing the
message(s) will open.
An important message must be opened (acknowledged) before the user can continue to the flight
menu by clicking on the link to Flight Info Menu.
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Clicking on the link opens the Menu page:
Selecting the blue underlined text displays the chosen item on the screen.
As default, all items are selected for inclusion in the flight information document about to be
created. To deselect one or more items just unmark the box.
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AIR SUPPORT A/S staff on request from the company can adjust default selections. Note : It must be
the company CrewBriefing administrator who makes the request.
To minimize the amount of paper printed for each flight information document, half size print is
available for Weather and NOTAMs.
Just place a mark in the ½ size box and the item will be printed in two columns landscape size.
Ticking this box will also help spare papers by only displaying identical info on e.g. WX / Notam´s
once.
Wind and significant WXcharts are already marked for the flight depending on time and level, but
also other levels, time-blocks and route-time-windows are available. Click the small plus sign and a
new selection-box opens up.
In the lower right corner a green link “Legend” opens up a new browser with the page from Annex 3-
Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation, Appendix 1-16, explaining symbols and
abbreviations normally used.
It’s possible to upload several pdf document from PPS Control Panel to specific flights and can be
downloaded together with the rest of the briefing.
If you subscribe to APG (Aircraft Performance Group) you will be able to include a runway analysis for
both departure, destination, alternate 1 + 2 and T/O alternate.
When pressing the link the runway analysis, the calculation page will open in a new Tab.
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APG username is supplied from AirSupport, if the page returns with an error in login, please contact
AirSupport support department.
It is possible to load and run RWA for up to five airfields corresponding to the uploaded flight details:
 Departure Airfield
 Destination Airfield
 Alternate 1 Airfield
 Alternate 2 Airfield
 Take-off Airfield
APG WB & Performance runway analysis includes all the available runways for the particular airfield.
The runways are loaded from APG database. User can see the runway IDs as tooltip:
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Weather conditions for each airfield are loaded from latest METAR. User can see METAR and TAF for
particular airfield as a tooltip:
METAR is normally loaded from APG database; if it is not available in the APG database, then it is
loaded from AIR SUPPORT database. In case of missing METAR, the Standard Atmosphere conditions
are loaded.
The wind speed unit is always knot (KT).
The temperature unit is always Celsius degree.
The pressure unit can be hectopascal (hPa) or inch of mercury (inHg) and defined by the pressure
unit in the loaded METAR.
User can change the loaded values. In case of invalid numbers specified, an error message appears
below the airfields information.
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Aircraft:
The aircraft data is loaded from APG database. The tail number and engine is shown in the combo
box. Possible modifications of same aircraft can appear.
Aircraft Mass values used while calculation:

 Actual Take-off mass and Estimated Landing Mass corresponding to the values in OFP are
loaded from the Air Support database.
 Maximum Landing Mass is loaded from APG database.
Flaps for Departure and Destination are loaded from APG database. A flap is default selected, if it is
selected in the APG setup.
Aircraft options are loaded from APG database. An option checkbox is selected by default, if it is
selected in the APG setup.
Running runway analysis
It is possible to get four types of runway analyses:

 RA for Take-off and Landing airfields (Actual Take-off mass and Estimated Landing Mass
is used)
 RA for landing on Departure airfield ( Maximum Landing Mass is used)
 RA for Alternate 1 (Estimated Landing Mass is used)
 RA for Alternate 2 (Estimated Landing Mass is used)
 RA for Take-off alternate (Maximum Landing Mass is used)
To run RWA, all the necessary values are to be typed/selected. A request to APG web service to run
RWA is sent when clicking the button “Calculate based on above parameters”.
On successful run user gets the options
 Close page and return to the FlightMenu
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 Preview PDF containing the runway analysis

 Change parameters and rerun analysis
Default settings for the Runway analysis page
Customer can set up default set of runway analyses to be included in result document by selecting of
corresponding checkboxes in UI “Settings”:
CrewBriefing can interface to AC-U-KWIK, Which delivering several airport information. A hyperlink
can open a Legend page for description about AC-U-KWIK.
It’s possible to have a Pax Info Chart included in the briefing package.
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Example of Pax Info Chart:
When all selections are made, click “Next” to proceed to specify how you wish to receive the
selected flight information.
Click Download Flight Information to get all selected items as a single document to view/save/print.
If left-clicked, the PDF will automatically be downloaded and the associated PDF-Reader (mandatory
for viewing PDF’s) will start up, showing the file.
If right-clicked, a box will appear from where you have the ability to open or save the PDF-file.
If available (extra feature to CrewBriefing) you can also select “Fax Flight Information”, which sends
off the flight information document to a fax-machine of your choice (no PDF-reader required). See
later in this manual on how to use the email and Fax Flight function.
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FAX FLIGHT INFORMATION
If available, the following screen will appear when clicking Fax Flight Information ...
Just fill in the empty spaces specifying text to appear on fax cover sheet and click Send Fax.
Country code information is available by clicking Find Country Code, a new line appears from which
you can click arrow down to display a list of countries sorted alphabetically. Selecting a country
automatically inserts the country code in the Fax Number line.
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Notice
Fax number must always contain country code and must be typed as
+45, not 0045
You will continually be updated with information regarding the fax transmission if you keep the
window open.
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At any time during the transmission you can close the window and the fax transmission will still
continue. You can even start a new fax-session without interrupting the ongoing transmission.
CTOT
NOTE: ONLY FOR CUSTOMERS WITH AMEXSY !

It’s possible to have CTOT displayed in the briefing package.
Underneath you can see example from PPS customer Sterling Airlines.
Screen dumps made with acceptance from customer.
Example:
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To read the CTOT you need to click the flight affected.

In the flight information window you click on Short ATC:
This will display the entire AMEXSY message history including the CTOT
See example on the following page:
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Another place where the CTOT will be displayed is on the front page of the complete briefing
downloaded from CrewBriefing.
NOTE: CTOT information will only be displayed for flights with a STD that occurs within 2 hours of the
present UTC time in question.
REFRESH
This will take the uploaded log and refresh it with the latest predicted winds available on the
CrewBriefing server.
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During the recalculation you can see a green bar going from left to right several times indicating
various calculations to be finished.
When calculation is complete you get the option to go direct to the recalculated flight.
In the lower right corner is a dropdown box where you can see the various stages of the recalculation
and also if any parameters have been changed.
You will always be updated about when our CrewBriefing server has received the last backup from
your company.
If backup is more than 24 hours old you will receive a warning about this:
Back in the Main View you now have an extra flight with same details plus the routing has been
added a –R and in the upload time you can easily see exactly when the refresh was done.
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Note : You are NOT able to Refresh an already refreshed/recalculated route. But you can always
perform a new refresh on the original route, i.e. TST003-BGSF-EBOS.
Important
This feature is only available when a group-function is setup on a PPS-system somewhere in
your company and data has been uploaded to the PPS-group-server.
A refresh calculation will be based on the stored PPS-group-server data and not on the
actual uploaded data in case you upload with locally changed data.
The following limitations Apply to the Refresh function:
Not able to refresh an EROPS/ETOPS flightplan.
Not able to refresh a flightplan with another mass and balance profile than the default in the
aircraft.
Not able to refresh Y and Z flightplans.
Not able to refresh a flight with variable mach numbers/Cost Index.
Not able to refresh RCF flightplans.
Not able to refresh ERA flightplans.
Not able to refresh a flightplan with STAY inside the routestring.
Next leg info will be removed from the OFP when making a refresh.
If a specific STAR has been selected for the alternate route, it will be replaced with the
longest on the refreshed flightplan.
The Grafical Loadsheet will NOT be refreshed with the new fuel figures.
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RECALCULATE
This will take the uploaded flight and give you options to change key data for the flight and create a
new log.
When first entering the flights uploaded details is displayed and you can change one or more items
as you wish.
This will take the uploaded log and refresh it with the entered changes and latest predicted winds
available on the CrewBriefing server.
Underneath you can see a description of the several areas that can be changed.
Aircraft Aircraft ICAO identifier & Tail Cannot be changed.
number.
Configurations The configuration of the aircraft. Up to 6 different configs can be
chosen.
Pax Number of pax. Limitation shown as Min / Max.
Deadload Weight of luggage/Cargo to Limitation shown as Min / Max.
upload.
Cruise Cruise profile. Up to 6 different profiles can be
chosen.
Policy Fuel policy chosen in fuel. -
Fuel Fuel uploaded. Limitation shown as Min / Max. It’s
possible to choose between two
different fuel policies. Min Fuel or
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Max Fuel. Finally it’s possible to

enter a fixed fuel figure
Flight Level The planned flight level. It is not recommendable to change

the flight level unless you are 100%
sure that all airway restrictions are
being followed.
STD MM.DD.TIME If changed all WX, NOTAM & Maps
in the briefing package will
correspond to the new STD.
Alternate1 1st Alternate Airport. It’s possible to manually enter the
ICAO or IATA code of an airport. But
we recommend to click on and
a list of 20 closest airports which
comply with minimum RWY length
set in PPS will be displayed. See
example #1
Alternate2 2nd Alternate Airport. Same as Alternate1 description.
Crew Possible to change crewmembers. When new crewmember has been
chosen click on the Replace key.
#1 Example of alternate list displayed.
As shown on the example it’s possible to have WX displayed if you hover with the curser above the
airport, but this is only available for alternates written with bold characters.
When all necessary changes have been made, click on and the following screen will
appear:
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During the recalculation you can see a green bar going from left to right several times indicating
various calculations to be finished.
When calculation is complete you get the option to go direct to the recalculated flight.
In the lower right corner is a dropdown box where you can see the various stages of the recalculation
and also if any parameters have been changed.
Back in the Main View you now have an extra flight with same details plus the routing has been
added a –R and in the upload time you can easily see exactly when the refresh was done.
NOTE: You are NOT able to recalculate an already refreshed/recalculated route. But you can always
perform a new recalculation on the original route, i.e. 007OYPPS-EKBI-LLPT.
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Important
This feature is only available when a group-function is setup on a PPS-system somewhere in
your company and data has been uploaded to the PPS-group-server.
A recalculation will be based on the stored PPS-group-server data and not on the actual
uploaded data in case you upload with locally changed data.
The following limitations Apply to the recalculate function:
Not able to recalculate an EROPS/ETOPS flightplan.
Not able to recalculate a flightplan with another mass and balance profile than the default in
the aircraft.
Not able to recalculate Y and Z flightplans.
Not able to recalculate a flight with variable mach numbers/Cost Index number.
Not able to recalculate RCF flightplans.
Not able to recalculate ERA flightplans.
Next leg info will be removed from the OFP when making a refresh.
Decrease/Increase of passengers
If aircraft configured with standard luggage then a decrease/increase of passengers will NOT
take standard luggage into consideration. You must change the Luggage/Cargo field
manually with correct weight.
If flight uploaded with male/female/children/infant, pps will add/subtract with std adults.
If a specific STAR has been selected for the alternate route it will be replaced with the
longest on the recalced flightplan.
The Grafical Loadsheet will NOT be recalced with the new fuel and pax/cargo figures.
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Write Message
NOTE: It’s not possible to write a message directly to a refreshed/recalculated flight. If you want to
write to a recalculated flight you must write the message to the original flightplans!
We provide two ways to enter the message editor – either by clicking “Write Message” in the top or
by clicking on the pencil ( ) right next to the flight number.
By clicking the pencil the flight number is automatically inserted in the “To: [+/-]” box.
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NEW MESSAGE
Input sequence for the message details is optional.

Clicking on changes message priority. A red exclamation mark indicates a priority message.
Follow the displayed help text.
Example:
You want to inform all present and future flights of a baggage handling strike in Nice.
Select Destination from the Recipient Category drop down list

Type Destination ICAO/IATA-code, previously used recipients can be selected in the drop-down box
below.
Click the arrow right to add to the recipients list.
The selected recipient is displayed and can be deselected again by clicking on DST: LFMN followed by
clicking the “Remove Recipient” button.
Shows the list of presently chosen recipient(s), which the message will be sent to.
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Notice
For the DEP/DST selection to work properly, CrewBriefing must be set up to use
the same code-type as the uploaded flights. Ex. for flight OYPPS-BLL-LPA,
CrewBriefing must be set up to use IATA-type. See Company Settings
Administration on how to set up CrewBriefing
By clicking on “Validity Period …” you have the option to specify a specific date and time.
Validity Period can also be marked to “Until further notice”.
Notice
Marking validity period as until further notice will force the message to be
attached to all relevant present and future flights, until you delete the message.
Messages are automatically deleted from the CrewBriefing server 72 hours after the expiration time
stated in the Validity Period. This means that you have the possibility to “reuse” a previously sent
message again by entering “Change a Message” and alter for example flight number and validity
time.
Both of the free text fields for Subject and Message Text must contain at least one character each for
the message to be accepted.
Click “Send” to upload the message to CrewBriefing.
If errors occur during message upload, the system automatically comes up with a warning describing
clearly which data is missing/invalid.
CHANGE A MESSAGE
Click “Change a Sent Msg …”.
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Click Replace … in the line of the message you want to change.
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Now you have the opportunity to change message priority, recipient(s), validity period, subject and
the message text.
When finished changing, just click “Send Replacement” and the new data is uploaded.
If errors occur during upload of the new message, the system automatically comes up with a warning
describing clearly which data is missing/invalid.
DELETE A MESSAGE
Notice
Ordinary users are only allowed to delete messages sent by that particular user
name. Users with administration rights are allowed to change messages sent by all
users.
As in Change a Message but instead choose Delete.
Click on “Confirm” and the message is deleted.
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WX Next 12 Hrs
Here the weather for all DEP/Dest that has a STD in the next 12 hours, will be displayed:
Here you can refresh the information by pressing the refresh button.
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Miscellaneous
This page can contain almost anything you want (extra feature to CrewBriefing).
The displayed links are the default entries from AIR SUPPORT A/S.
To customize content the only demand is that we have to receive the desired content as HTML or as
a txt-file containing the HTML-code.
Company Documents
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This page contains the document(s) that has been chosen to be available for all users. Documents are
uploaded via PPS Control Panel, CrewBriefing, Uploaded documents, and select Recipient type to
Company Documents.
Extra WX / Charts / NOTAMs
By pressing this feauture a new window will open
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This window is divided in to 5 Main sections:

Graphical Products: Upper wind & Temp. Charts.
Significant Weather Charts.
Custom Charts.
Satellite Images.
Fronts.
OpMet: TAF/METAR Search.
SIGMET
AIRMET
GAMET
NOTAM: NOTAM Search.
Tracks.
External Links: Links to various sites.
Help: PDF files containing Legends, Abbreviations, Codes, Etc.
Graphical Products
Here you have access to various Maps, Charts & Satellite images.
WIND/T CHARTS
Here it’s possible to download and print Upper Wind/Temperature (FL) Charts.
There are two layouts available for each chart.
AS Wind Charts: Computer generated charts Produced by Air Support.
Here you have the possibility to download the Upper Wind /
Temperature Charts for various areas:
DMI Wind Charts: Maps produced by Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
Temperature Charts Only for Standard areas:
- Europe
- North West Europe
- Greenland
- North Atlantic
- Af
- Middle East
- South America
- Pacific
SWX CHARTS
Here it’s possible to download and print Significant Weather Charts.

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AS SWX Charts: Computer generated Significant Weather Charts produced by

Air Support
WAFS/DMI SWX Charts: Human generated Significant Weather Charts produced by
World Area Forecast System (WAFS) and Danish Meteorological
Institute (DMI)
To help you understanding the AS SWX Charts there is a link to guide on how to read the maps:
You can also see the examples here.

#1
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#2
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CUSTOM CHARTS
Route Specific Charts: You can create Route Specific Wind/SWX Charts here.
Simply type in a Dep &

Dest Airport, and
choose the required
Flight Level(s)
Next, enter the correct

figures under “Time of
Departure” and
optionally expected
“En-Route Time”
The Enroute time is for
the Cross Section
Chart.
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Finally the Route Specific

Charts can be
downloaded and printed.
>
>
>
>
SATELLITE IMAGES
SAT24 – Europe Look: Will display the European satellite image produced by
EUMETSAT/DWD.
NOAA – Worldwide: Loads the satellite images from National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Images included:
- Icao Area B1 - Icao Area F
- Icao Area H - Icao Area M
- Icao Area D - Icao Area I
- Icao Area C - Icao Area G
- Icao Area A - Icao Area J
- Icao Area E - Icao Area K
It’s possible to have an area map displayed to give better overview over the different ICAO Area’s:
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FRONTS
Here you can have the Surface weather analysis and Prognosis charts displayed.
UKMO Fronts – Europe: Will display the Analysis Charts including the fronts produced by UK
Met Office.
It’s possible to have charts displayed from present day up to a
maximum of 120hrs ahead.
USAF Front – Europe: Will display the Surface Prognosis charts produced by US Air Force.
It’s possible to have charts displayed from present day and up to
maximum 96hrs ahead.
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OpMet
OpMet (OPerational METeorological Information)
TAF/METAR SEARCH
Search TAF & METAR for specified Airports & FIR
SIGMET
Information concerning the occurrence or expected occurrence of specified Enroute weather

phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations.
AIRMET

phenomena which may affect the safety of low-level aircraft operations.
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GAMET
Area forecast in abbreviated plain language for low-level flights for flight information region or sub
area thereof.
Equally for Sigmet/Airmet/Gamet EUR Europe

is that the search areas are divide
AFR Africa
into 10 main areas according to
AIRINC: CAN Canada
EEU Estern Europe
LAM Latin America
MES Middle East
PAC Pacific
SAM South America
SPA South Pacific
USA United States of America
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NOTAM
NOTAM SEARCH
Search Notam by ICAO/IATA or FIR
TRACKS
NAT Tracks EUR – USA Print the official North Atlantic tracks open from Europe to USA
NAT Tracks USA - EUR Print the official North Atlantic tracks open from USA to Europe
AUSOTS Print the Australian Organized Track System
PACOTS Print the Pacific Organized Track System
External Links
Here you can find various links to helpful webpage’s
Help
Various PDF documents there can help you understand the different abbreviations, Symbols, Codes,
Etc.
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Administration
Company Settings Gives the opportunity to change various company policy settings
Administration
Delete Flight Delete a flight from the list of all flights on the CrewBriefing
If you want to edit an existing user account, just select the account by clicking the arrow down. To
create a new user, insert the name after the individual 3-letter code (e.g. AS0). The 3-letter code is
hard coded by AIR SUPPORT A/S and is user unchangeable.
User Administration Rights Grant access for this account to create and change other
accounts
De-Activated User Name Denies all CrewBriefing access to this user
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Company Settings AND User Grant access for this account to change various company
Administration Rights policy settings and additionally create and change other
accounts
User Settings Modification Default grants user access to change the default opening
Rights page each CrewBriefing user.
Search Rights Grant user access to perform a search in all flights
uploaded to CrewBriefing.
Write Messages Rights Grant user access to write a message to all flights uploaded
to CrewBriefing.
Flights per page You can set how many flights you maximum would like to
display in the Flight Info on each page (Default is 30)
None of the above selections need to be selected for the user account to work with minimum rights
i.e. to a normal Pilot account.
To maintain a quick overview when going through the various company user accounts, it’s highly
recommended to fill out the Name-fields.
Password is mandatory for new user accounts.
Advanced User Account

It’s possible to create user accounts on CrewBriefing who only will have flights displayed connected
to the individual logon.
This is especially useful for Flight Service Providers who needs to create individually customer logons
to CrewBriefing.
The progress on how to create such account is simple.
- We have a pilot with 3 letter crew initial PIC.
- This pilot only needs to have flight displayed with this crewmember onboard.
- This pilot should always have next 24 hours displayed as default.
- This pilot will have no admin rights; only user rights.
Progress:
Administrator must logs on to CrewBriefing.
- Choose the option Administration in the upper right corner:
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This will open the User Administration page:
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- Add the new user (Company prefix is hard coded) #1

- For now, keep the markings #2
- Enter details about the specific user #3
- Enter password (make sure to repeat) #4
- Click OK #5
When following text appear you have created a new user account:
The initial account is created and you are now half way through the process.
Next thing we need to do is to log off CrewBriefing and then log on with the new account we just
created.
As you can see a default user account has only flights for next 6 hours displayed and we wanted to
have next 24 hours listed as a default with this account.
First thing we do is to click on Next 24 Hrs This will display all flight within next 24 hours.
Now we need to configure the account so only flights where the pilot is represented will be displayed
when this user logs on to CrewBriefing and we start with this by clicking on “user default settings”
illustrated with the arrow.
Following window will then appear:
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In the box: Search for we enter the pilots 3 letter initials and
in the drop down box we choose “Crew Code”
Click “Save”
The default view for the account 007PIC has now been changed according to our wishes described
earlier.
As stated earlier this pilot will have no admin rights; only user rights, so now we need to remove any
rights given by default to this account on the initial account creation. This can only be done from the
CrewBriefing admin account.
- Log of the user: 007PIC from CrewBriefing and then log on as the Admin again.
- Choose the option Administration in the upper right corner:
- This will open the User Administration page:
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- Choose the user affected #1

- Remove all the markings #2
- Click OK #3
- The following text appears
You have now successfully created a new user account on CrewBriefing who only will have flights
displayed connected to the individual logon.
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Company Settings Administration
Disable Acknowledge When marked, it’s no longer mandatory to acknowledge that

Prompt for Important important messages have been read before entering the flight
Messages menu.
Use with caution.
IATA Airport Format If you upload flights with IATA-designators you must activate
the IATA Airport Format in CrewBriefing in order for the
Message-function to work properly.
Exclude Company ICAO When marked the individual company three-letter code will be
Prefix excluded in front of the in-flight callsign.
No ‘Msgs’ column on If you have many flights on CrewBriefing with lots of messages
Main Page (quick load of you can shitch off the showing og messages to have the pages
many flights) load faster.
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No Company Logo on Pax Enables/Disables Company logo on Pax Info Chart.

Info Chart
No Preselection of Route Possibility to change to standard SWX Chart instead of Route
Specific SWX Charts Specific SWX Chart produced by Air Support.
Route Specific SWX Charts This will Use the WAFC Washington MET DATA for creating the
based on WAFC Significant Weather Chart when flying in the United States of
Washington data America
No AMEXSY Messages on Will only show Short ATC if marked.
Short ATC
Use APG Runway Analysis This will make the runway analysis standard format from APG
ATLAS interface look different.
Show only MAN flights This will hide all flights on crewbriefing that has not been
uploaded with a manual status from the flightlist
Exclude NOTAMs for All Will exclude all adequate airport NOTAMs.
Adequate Airports Normally recommended.
Exclude NOTAMs with In Option to deselect NOTAMs older than stated in the days box,
Effect Time older Than X maximum is 999 (Not recommended unless you fly regularly to
Days airports displayed in CrewBriefing)
Exclude Specified Click on Specified and follow the help text on the new page on
Individual NOTAMs how to create an exclusion list.
Exclude NOTAMs With a Click on List and follow the help text on the new page on how
specified individual Q- to create a reselection list.
code
Exclude FIR NOTAMs Option to deselect NOTAMs not relevant for IFR-performance
OTHER THAN NOTAMs A aircraft operators.
and B Normally recommended.
Exclude US Domestic Option to deselect US Domestic NOTAMs
NOTAMs
Exclude US TFRs Option to deselect US temporary Flight Restrictions
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Delete Flight
To delete a flight just mark the box in front of the flight(s) you want to delete or click “Select All” and
click “Delete Selected Flights”.
Flights are listed in ascending order.
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P P S U S E R M A N U A L P P S
CrewBriefing Extra
Compared to the well known CrewBriefing where pilots can check weather and download their
briefing; CB Extra is intended more as a toll for the dispatcher to use in the Planning phase.
NOTE: It’s only possible to reach CB Extra from a computer with the PPS software installed.
CB Extra is divided in to 5 Main sections:
Graphical Products: Upper wind & Temp. Charts.
Significant Weather Charts.
Custom Charts.
Satellite Images.
Fronts.
OpMet: TAF/METAR Search.
SIGMET
AIRMET
GAMET
NOTAM: NOTAM Search.
Tracks.
External Links: Links to various sites.
Help: PDF files containing Legends, Abbreviations, Codes, Etc.
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Graphical Products
Here you have access to various Maps, Charts & Satellite images.
WIND/T CHARTS
Here it’s possible to download and print Upper Wind/Temperature (FL) Charts.
AS Wind Charts: Computer generated charts Produced by Air Support.
Temperature Charts for various areas:
DMI Wind Charts: Maps produced by Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
Temperature Charts Only for Standard areas:
- Europe
- North West Europe
- Greenland
- North Atlantic
- Africa
- Middle East
- South America
- Pacific
SWX CHARTS
Here it’s possible to download and print Significant Weather Charts.

AS SWX Charts: Computer generated Significant Weather Charts produced by
Air Support
WAFS/DMI SWX Charts: Human generated Significant Weather Charts produced by
World Area Forecast System (WAFS) and Danish Meteorological
Institute (DMI)
To help you understanding the AS SWX Charts there is a link to guide on how to read the maps:
You can also see the examples here.
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#1
#2
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CUSTOM CHARTS
Route Specific Charts: You can create Route Specific Wind/SWX Charts here.
Simply type in a Dep &

Dest Airport, and
choose the required
Flight Level(s)
Next, enter the correct

figures under “Time of
Departure” and
optionally expected
“En-Route Time”
The Enroute time is for
the Cross Section
Chart.
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Finally the Route Specific

Charts can be
downloaded and printed.
SATELLITE IMAGES
SAT24 – Europe Look: Will display the European satellite image produced by
EUMETSAT/DWD.
NOAA – Worldwide: Loads the satellite images from National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Images included:
- Icao Area B1 - Icao Area F
- Icao Area H - Icao Area M
- Icao Area D - Icao Area I
- Icao Area C - Icao Area G
- Icao Area A - Icao Area J
- Icao Area E - Icao Area K
It’s possible to have an area map displayed to give better overview over the different ICAO Area’s:
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FRONTS
Here you can have the Surface weather analysis and Prognosis charts displayed.
UKMO Fronts – Europe: Will display the Analysis Charts including the fronts produced by UK
Met Office.
It’s possible to have charts displayed from present day up to a
maximum of 120hrs ahead.
USAF Front – Europe: Will display the Surface Prognosis charts produced by US Air Force.
It’s possible to have charts displayed from present day and up to
maximum 96hrs ahead.
OpMet
OpMet (OPerational METeorological Information)
TAF/METAR SEARCH
Search TAF & METAR for specified Airports & FIR
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SIGMET

phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations.
AIRMET

phenomena which may affect the safety of low-level aircraft operations.
GAMET
Area forecast in abbreviated plain language for low-level flights for flight information region or sub
area thereof.
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Equally for Sigmet/Airmet/Gamet EUR Europe

is that the search areas are divide
AFR Africa
into 10 main areas according to
AIRINC: CAN Canada
EEU Estern Europe
LAM Latin America
MES Middle East
PAC Pacific
SAM South America
SPA South Pacific
USA United States of America
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NOTAM
NOTAM SEARCH
Search Notam by ICAO/IATA or FIR
TRACKS
NAT Tracks EUR – USA Print the official North Atlantic tracks open from Europe to USA
NAT Tracks USA - EUR Print the official North Atlantic tracks open from USA to Europe
AUSOTS Print the Australian Organized Track System
PACOTS Print the Pacific Organized Track System
External Links
Here you can find various links to helpful webpage’s
Help
Various PDF documents there can help you understand the different abbreviations, Symbols, Codes,
Etc.
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EROPS/ETOPSAlternates
Initial setup of areas

Select ETP/ETOPS Alts from the PPS8 flight planning program.
In this tool you have the possibility to set up various groups of areas/airports to be used when doing
an ETP/ETOPS calculation in PPS.
You can even perform changes to your ETP/ETOPS-airport list while you are working in the Fast
routing window. If change is made during a Fast routing session the EROPS/ETOPS checkbox on the
Fast routing page will change color from none to Red to indicate a refresh must be done.
We recommend creating some default areas and when checking weather before/during planning you
select which airports to actually use for the specific flight.
Example:
Select Manage Areas
And a new window opens
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Type in an Area name and click Add Area.

Now type in the IATA or ICAO code of an airport you want to include and click Add Apt
Type in the desired airports you wish to use in the Area.

When finished entering the airports, click Apply or OK to store the selected.
If clicking Apply you can create/delete or change to another area, when finished click OK.
Use of ETP/ETOPS Alts

Select ETP/ETOPS Alts from the PPS8 flight planning program or in the windows fastrouting.
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Default is the last used EROPS/ETOPS Area.

You can change area by clicking on the arrow down in the top line.
Select the airports to be used in the PPS FastRouting part either by manually mark each airport in the
Usable column or click Select All and following eventual deselect some individual airports.
You can even view and change your selected EROPS/ETOPS airports while already working in the
FastRouting window. Every time you click Apply the selected airports are transferred to FastRouting
allowing you to have both pictures open and do continuously adding and deselections in the
EROPS/ETOPS-list.
The EROPS/ETOPS list(s) are stored in the PPS-folder; meaning if you work on a server all client
machines will have the same list(s).
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P P S U S E R M A N U A L D A T A
Upload Documents
To upload documents first of all select the document you want to upload. If you click on the
small arrow down you receive a list of autogenerated windcharts different from the standard
windcharts on CrewBriefing. To select your own document just click on the 3 little dots next to
the dropdown box and select your document. NOTE only non-encrypted PDF-documents can
be uploaded if the document is intended to be included in a complete flight-package.
Description is the text you want to appear on CB referring to your document if different from
the filename in the above line.
Recipient type must be selected from the list appearing by clicking on the small arrow down.
Note if Company Documents is selected the uploaded document will only appear in this section
on CB not as default on all flights.
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For all recipients except Company Documents you have to select the specific recipient, just click
the small arrow down, note the text in the Recipients box changes dependently on the selections
made in Recipient type, carefully read the text and/or use the dropdown box. Following two
examples:
If you are not uploading to a specific flight and you want the document to be automatically
removed form CB put a mark in Expiration and select an expiration date. Exact expiration time is
2359 on the day selected.
Now click Upload and a question box appears
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Click yes and a confirmation box appears.
If a problem arises a window warning will appear
This is an example when no Internet connection was available. The upload is not queued locally
and will not automatically upload when Internet connection is re-established.
You are limited to maximum 20MB of documents on our server. You can always keep track of
your uploaded amount in the bottom line.
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When the limit of maximum MB’s on our server is getting close, please delete some documents
or further upload will be refused by our server.
VIEW UPLOADED DOCUMENTS
Give a complete list of all your uploaded documents. You can sort ascending/descending by
clicking on the individual column top or even sort the data by dragging (left mouse button), one
or more column top(s) into the top grey field.
Selecting Delete will bring up a confirmation box
Click yes and the file is erased.

Selecting View will open up your Acrobat Reader showing the selected file.
Again you can follow the amount of space used on the server in the bottom line.
NOTE: A maximum limitation of 25 documents for each flight is allowed to be uploaded!
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Data Editor
1 At the moment 23 different CSV-files are defined, find more details below.
2 General description line for the individual CSV-file.
3 Data columns. All input will be used by PPS for calculation. You can sort the displayed
lines by clicking on the column header and a small arrow will indicate if you are sorting
ascending or descending.
4 More specific description for each column. The column must be “active”, to have this
help shown by clicking in one of the fields (5).
In the lower right corner you always have the ability to Export the current CSV-file, Print the inserted
data for current file and Save the changes you have done(6).
To insert a new line you almost in all the CSV-files have to go to the last line.
This is easily done by clicking on in the lower bar.

To remove a line you just mark the line and press Delete on the keyboard.
Rightclicking on any line will allow the user to insert a row, move it up and down to change the order.
CSV-files
StdFuel Various ways of defining a loading of standard fuel.
Stdalt Defining standard alternates to be used in PPS for a destination.
Fuel Fuel prizes to be used by PPS when calculating gain/loss.
Fuelrules Fuel Rules to be applied insterad of std settings in the aircraft file
AcConfig Define different configuration depending on various settings.
Rmk18 Text to be added in ATC field 18 when certain values applies.
AftnAddr AFTN addresses to be added as default when various criteria’s meet.
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AptData Define SID/STAR, category and name for an airport.

Crew Crew initials, names, id numbers and mobile number.
AddInfo Additional info for an airport to be printed on the flightlog.
Callsign Automatically change an ATC-callsign when conflicting.
UserApt Userdefined airport details.
UserNav Userdefined waypoints.
StdviaNotvia Standard Via-Not-Via points.
ERAALT Company specific Enroute alternates airports to be used instead of the
list being generated by PPS8
SidStarAvlb SID/STAR to follow according to specific Aircraft type / Flight no.
PPSprice All additional prices beside standard prices in Price Calculation are
inserted here.
EMAIL Automatic email dristinution of link to flightpackages accordin to
crewcodes og flight id.
NoUpload If flights inserted Auto-Dispatch will not upload those flights to CB.
RAIM Raim settings for each individual aircraft needs to be inserted in this file
for the calculation of RAIM prediction to work
TAXI Taxi times or fuel defined for specific airport, will overrule the taxi fuel in
the aircraft file
ADEQUATE Company specific adequate airports to be used instead of the list being
generated by PPS8
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StdFuel
TOA Type of aircraft in ICAO format, SF34, PA42, B757 etc. Multiple aircraft
types separated with a space. Optional input.
Flt No Flight number. Optional input.
Tail Aircraft registration. Optional input.
Dep Departure aerodrome must be in ICAO-format. Optional input.
Dest Destination aerodrome must be in ICAO-format. Optional input.
Weekdays The weekday(s) this line should have effect on. 1=Monday, 13=Monday
and Wednesday. Optional input
Traffic Load Total traffic load in the same weight unit of the aircraft. Optional input.
Gain/Ton A minimum gain to be reached before the policy is used. Optional
input.
Min Fuel Extra Minimum fuel plus this amount, weight unit same as aircraft defined
unit. Optional input.
Max Fuel Under Maximum fuel minus this amount, weight unit same as aircraft defined
Fix Fuel Fixed amount of fuel to load in same weight unit as aircraft defined
Ldg Mass Specify a maximum landing mass to be the limiting factor when fueling
the aircraft. Weight unit same as aircraft defined unit. Optional input.
To Mass Specify a maximum take off mass to be the limiting factor when fueling
the aircraft. Weight unit same as aircraft defined unit. Optional input.
[13] Not in use.
Ldg Fuel Amount of fuel to be on aircraft upon landing at first leg. Weight unit
same as aircraft defined unit. Optional input.
Company Company fuel to be used for calculation. Weight unit same as aircraft
defined unit. Optional input.
Internal Comment Description of policy. Possible to have printed on the flightlog with
code *FUELPOL Compulsory input.
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In first line of the above 4 examples a policy is specified that every time an aircraft type B747 is flying
Saturday and/or Sunday from EKBI to VIDP the aircraft should be loaded with 200kg/l and minimum
fuel plus 500kg/l. If aircraft type B747 is defined to use kg the two fuel amounts are also calculated as
kg by PPS.
Second line is stating that the flight PPS007 has to be loaded with maximum fuel minus 10kg/l if
there is a gain of minimum 4,99$/ pr ton uplifted fuel. If the aircraft presently set up to fly the flight
PPS007 is defined to use kg the fuel amount is also calculated as kg by PPS.
Third line is defining the aircraft with registration OYPPS not to be loaded with extra fuel if the
estimated landing mass will exceed 12500kg/l. If aircraft OYPPS is defined to use kg the landing
weight is also calculated as kg by PPS.
Forth line is defining that the aircraft of type L1011 flying Monday to Friday has to be loaded with
enough fuel to have 500kg/l left when arriving at the second destination. If aircraft type L1011 is
defined to use kg the fuel amount are also calculated as kg by PPS.
Minimum fuel will always be used as a minimum. If PPS is not able to load the aircraft with minimum
fuel it will be stated on the top of the flightlog as usual.
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StdAlt
Dest Destination aerodrome must be in ICAO-format. Compulsory input.

Alt Alternate aerodrome, must be in ICAO-format. Compulsory input.
Active Type N if the alternate is not intended to be used, ex. when aerodrome
temporary closed etc. Optional input.
TOA Type Of Aircraft in ICAO format ex. B757. Several types can be inserted with a
space ex. B757 B733. Optional input.
Weekdays The weekday(s) this line should have effect on. 1=Monday, 13=Monday and
Wednesday. Optional input
From Date If you want the rule to be applied inside a limited period, Optional input.
To Date If you want the rule to be applied inside a limited period, Optional input.
From Time If you want the rule to be applied inside an hourly limit. Optional input.
To Time If you want the rule to be applied inside an hourly limit. Optional input.
[10] NOUSE. Adding the text ROUTE will enable Route to alternate. So if you have
a route from your destination to you alternate in the routedatabase it will
automatically be added.
[11] Not in use.
Comment Internal comment, not used by PPS. Optional input.
In the above example for destination EKBI, 5 alternates are defined. Normally this will result in EKEB
being used as default alternate and the other 4 listed as standard alternates below the navsection on
the flightlog.
Now with CSV-files we can specify more in detail when the alternates shall be used.
Again in the above example EKCH is marked with N and will not be used/printed until this N is
removed.
EKEB will only be used as an alternate if the aircraft used is a B737 or B757. All other aircrafts types
will use EKAH as primary alternate.
In this case its however decided that EKAH is only available weekday15 (Monday and Friday).
EKYT shall only be used if day of flight is between 1st May 2007 and 31st December 2007 and if the
estimated time for reaching EKYT is between 08-21.
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Ex. DOF20071121 (weekday 4) STA2130 B737 EDDF-EKBI will get alternate EKEB and standard
alternate EDDH.
Ex. DOF20071121 (weekday4) STA2130 B777 EDDF-EKBI will get alternate EDDH, no standard
alternates since all the other airports shall not be used.
Ex. DOF20071122 (weekday5) STA1800 B737 EDDF-EKBI will get alternate EKEB and standard
alternates EKAH, EKYT, EDDH.
Ex. DOF20071122 (weekday5) STA1800 B777 EDDF-EKBI will get alternate EKAH and standard
alternates EKYT, EDDH.
PPS will use the alternates in the order they are listed from the top down.
To move a line up or down you have to mark the line you want to move by clicking in the far left side
of the line, hold down the shift-key on the keyboard and hit the arrow up/down key respectively.
To insert a new alternate for a specific airport already inserted you double-click on the line where
you want the new line to be below.
This CSV-file is locked for sorting. A sorting is automatically done based on the destination ICAO-
code.
Fuel
Apt (ICAO) Airport in ICAO-format.

Apt (IATA) Airport in IATA-format.
Cent/Gal Cent pr gallon in US-cent, EURO-cent or as Index number.
Fix/Uplift Fixed price pr fueluplift. Ex if you must pay a fixed fee for tinkering, fuel truck
service etc.
Airports must be inserted as either ICAO or IATA, not both. The list can contain airports in both ICAO
and IATA in separate lines.
If you are using fuel prizes in index you will have to disregard the value indication and only use the
Gain or Loss indication.
If you are using values in the Fix/uplift you cannot use index for fuel prices.
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Fuelrules
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AcConfig
TOA Type Of Aircraft in ICAO format ex. B757. Multiple types can be inserted
with a space ex. B757 B733. Optional input.
Departure Departure aerodrome must be in ICAO-format. Optional input.
Destination Destination aerodrome must be in ICAO-format. Optional input.
AC Config If you want a specific Aircraft configuration (PAX, Cargo, HOSP) to be used.
Optional input.
Std Pax If you want a flight to have a fixed amount of passengers loaded by PPS.
Optional input.
Std Cargo If you want a flight to have a fixed amount of cargo loaded by PPS. Weight
unit same as aircraft defined unit. Optional input.
Route If you want a flight to use a specific route from the PPS route database.
Optional input.
Std Catering If you want a specific amount of Catering Weight to be loaded by PPS.
Internal For your own information when you look at the CSV-file. Optional input.
Comment
In the above example, first line, flight PPS007 from EKVG-EKCH will always as default be loaded with
100 passengers.
Second line all flights from EKCH-ESSA on Saturday and Sundays will use the specific stored route
EKCH-ESSAW from the PPS route database.
Third line will load all aircrafts of the type B757 from EKCH-BIRK with 2000kg/l cargo. If the aircraft
used is defined to use kg the cargo amount are also calculated as kg by PPS.
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Rmk18

To FIR If you want the rule to be applied when flying to a specific FIR. Multiple
FIR’s must be separated with a space. Optional input.
Over FIR If you want the rule to be applied when over flying a specific FIR(s).
Multiple FIR’s must be separated with a space. Optional input.
[8] Not in use
Type of Flight Possible to set default type of flight in ATC plan (Field 8)
S= Schedule Flight N= Non-Schedule Flight M= Military G=General X=Other
ONLY If “ONLY” has been entered in one of the RMK18 lines, this remark will
overrule any other remark – even if fulfilling the same criteria’s and only
this remark will be added to the ATC FPL.
RMK Text you want to have added to ATC field 18. Can also be printed on the
flightlog with code *RMK18
In the first line of the example above all flights over flying the FIR’s EE and YY will add
RMK/PERMISSION NUMBER in the ATC field 18, if anything for this field is specified in the aircraft
data the text will be added, not overwrite.
In the second line all flights on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with callsign between PPS400 and
PPS499 will have added ALTN/LYBD in field 18 of the ATC.
In the third line all flights to LI Fir will have added STS/HOSPITAL FLIGHT in field 18 of the ATC.
In the fourth line all flights on Saturday and Sunday with callsign between PPS400 and PPS499 will
Only! Have added ALTN/LYDF in field 18 of the ATC.
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AftnAddr

To FIR If you want the rule to be applied when flying to a specific FIR. Multiple
Over FIR If you want the rule to be applied when over flying a specific FIR(s).
Multiple FIR’s must be separated with a space. Optional input.
From FIR If you want the rule to be applied when flying from a specific FIR. Multiple
[9] Not in use
[10] Not in use
AFTNADDR The extra AFTN address(s) you would like to have added when the flight is
affected by the rules specified. Multiple addresses must be separated with
a space. Compulsory input.
It’s possible to set criteria’s to be fulfilled and PPS then don’t file the ATC
Flight Plan. This is done by typing in NOFILE in this box.
In the above illustrated examples the first line specifies that all flights with destination LFPG will have
the two addresses LFDUIISI and LFPGQQWW added to the ordinary route addresses.
In the second line all flights overflying LY FIR Saturday and Sunday between 1st May 2007 and 31st
December 2007 will have the extra address LYRRZPZW to the ordinary route addresses.
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AptData
Apt Aerodrome ident, must be in ICAO-format. Compulsory input.

SID Additional SID distance to be used by PPS when departing from this
aerodrome. Optional input.
STAR Additional STAR distance to be used by PPS when using this aerodrome as
destination. Optional input.
Apt Cat Airport category. Any number or character can be used and will be
displayed when inserting the airport as DEP, DEST or ALT in normal flight
planning. A “Y” will force a red flashing character before the airport name
in normal flight planning. Optional input.
2nd Name Another name for an airport that can be used in the search criteria when
in PPS trying to find an airport by its full name. Optional input.
MAP This distance will be added from the departure airport to the departure
waypoint.
[6] Not in use.
Comment
Crew

notification.
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AddInfo

Freq Frequency associated with the following Remark-field text. Can be printed on
the flightlog with reference to line 1, column 1. Optional input.
Remark Free text associated to the previous Frequency-field. Can be printed on the
flightlog with reference to line 1, column 2. Optional input.
This function is normally used if you want to have ATIS-, Handling-, TWR-frequency etc. printed on
the flightlog for DEP, DEST and/or ALT.
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Callsign
Callsign Flight number. Compulsory input.

New Callsign Corrected flight number. Compulsory input.
Weekdays The weekday(s) this line should have effect on. 1=Monday,
13=Monday and Wednesday. Optional input
From Date If you want the rule to be applied inside a limited period, Optional
input.
To Date If you want the rule to be applied inside a limited period, Optional
input.
Departure Departure aerodrome must be in ICAO-format. Optional input.
Internal Comment For your own information when you look at the CSV-file. Optional
input.
This feature is used when you have a situation where confusion in the callsign easily can occur.
In first line PPS001 will on the ATC have callsign and be filed as PPS001A on Monday, Tuesdays and
Fridays.
In second line all flights with callsign PPS007 departing from EKBI will be changed to PPS7B every day.
A flight with new callsign will on CrewBriefing look like PPS001(001A)-EKBI-EKCH.
Userapt
Apt ID Airport Identification. We recommend to use the country ICAO-code

followed by a number (ex. EK09, airport in Denmark). Compulsory input.
Name Your name for the airport. OBS ! – Compulsory input.
Lat Latitude of the airport. Will be printed on the flightlog. Compulsory input.
Lon Longitude of the airport. Will be printed on the flightlog. Compulsory input.
Var Variation of the airport. Will be printed on the flightlog. Optional input
Elev Feet Elevation of the airport in feet. Compulsory input.
Rwy Leng Runway length in feet. Compulsory input.
Iata Code Iata code to used in PPS if any.
Remark For your own information when you look at the CSV-file. Optional input.
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Usernav
Nav Ident The waypoint name you want to have displayed in fast routing. Compulsory
input
FIR FIR location. Will be printed on flightlog. Optional input.
Freq Frequency for the waypoint. Will be printed on flightlog. Optional input.
Lat Latitude of the waypoint. Will be printed on the flightlog. Compulsory input.
Lon Longitude of the waypoint. Will be printed on the flightlog. Compulsory
input.
Var Variation of the waypoint. Will be printed on the flightlog. Optional input.
Type Waypoint type, V=VOR, N=NDB etc. Will be printed on the flightlog. Optional
input.
Name Full name for waypoint, this will be printed on flightlog. Optional input.
[8] Not used
comment
When creating a userdefined waypoint from inside fast routing the waypoint will automatically be
added to this list.
StdViaNotVia
The purpose of StdViaNotVia is for Fastrouting to automatically Autoroute Via or Not-Via one or
more waypoints on the map.
From Airport of Departure.

To Destination Airport.
Via Waypoint Fastrouting should Autoroute Via.
Not Via Waypoint that Fastrouting should Autoroute Not-Via.
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ERAALT
Enroute Alternate

Activ If marked with N it will not be used, any other value will make it used.
TOA State the Type of aircraft the rule shall apply to.
If empty, the rule will apply for all aircrafts in PPS.
Weekdays The weekday(s) this line should have effect on. 1=Monday, 13=Monday and
Wednesday. Optional input
From Time If you want the rule to be applied inside an hourly limit. Optional input.
To Time If you want the rule to be applied inside an hourly limit. Optional input.
Comment Internal comment, not used by PPS. Optional input.
SidStarAvlb
It might be desirable for an operator to state a specific SID’s or STAR’s to either avoid or to
mandatorily use due to type specific limitations.
TOA State the Type of aircraft the rule shall apply to.
If you write ALL the rule will apply for all aircrafts in PPS.
APTid Airport ID (Only ICAO) that the SID/STAR rule should apply to.
It’s not possible to write ALL here.
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SidStarAvlb Enter the specific SID or STAR the rule should apply to (Ex. ALS3A)
If you write ALL or leave empty, the point written in [Pt Id] will have effect.
It is not possible to enter general SID or STAR point but only specific procedure.
Pt Id Enter the SID or STAR point the rule should apply to (Ex. ALS) Means All SID and
STAR to and from ALS is affected by rule.
If you write ALL or leave empty, the point written in [SidStarAvlb] will have
effect.
Open Enter here if rule should apply.
True – Rule is active.
False – Rule is not active.
If miss-spelt, The rule will always be active.
From To APT The rule should apply in connection with Entered Airport (Only ICAO)
Rwy If the rule should apply for a specific Runway (Ex. RW22L)
DOW Day Of Week (Ex. 12347)
Valid From Rule should apply for flights later than affected date (Ex. yyyymmdd)
Valid To Rule should apply for flights later before affected date (Ex. yyyymmdd)
Remarks Remark entered here will be shown in the “Select Procedure” box in
FastRouting.
IMPORTANT: If both SidStarAvlb or Pt Id is either Empty or [ALL] is typed in for a specific airport the
rule will apply for all SID’s and STAR’s connected to that airport.
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PPSprice
PPSprice incorporate the add prices from the PPS Price calculation module.
If any airports should have a higher landing fee other than already stated in PPS pricecalculation;
they should be added here.
Apt Airport in ICAO-format.

Acft The name of the aircraft as written in PPS Price Calculation.
Add Price in the correct currency used in PPS Price Calcualtion.
Remark Internal comment.
In above example for EGLL there is a general add-price of 200 for all aircrafts, but for F50 the add-
price is 400, and for AT42 the add-price is 300.
For MD80 the add-price is 2500 but in the remark our operator prefer to use EGKK instead if
customer would accept.
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EMAIL
Crew ID 3-5 letter Crew ID from the Crew.csv file optional input
Tail number Tail number Optional input.
ToDate If you want the rule to be applied inside a limited period, Optional input.
9 Empty field left not being used
Email Insert the email address you want the email with the link to the flightplan
sent to.
Subject Input what standard Subject you want to be displayed in the email
together with the link to the flightplan on crewbriefing
Mail text Input what standard text you want to be displayed in the email together
with the link to the flightplan on crewbriefing
NoUpload
TOA Type Of Aircraft in ICAO format ex. B757. Multiple types can be inserted
Tail No Aircraft registration. Optional input.
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In the above illustration no upload to CrewBriefing is made if CIM456 between EKCH & LESB is flown
on a B735.
And no upload is made if any CIM flights with type B737 and registration OYPPS is flown between
EKBI & LPPT on weekdays Friday or Saturday.
The last example will not upload for any CIM100 to CIM199 on type B737 or B738 on weekdays
Monday; Wednesday & Friday if flown between 1st Nov 2010 & 30 Nov 2010.
NoUpload
Aircraft Type Of Aircraft in ICAO format ex. B757. Multiple types can be inserted
Tail No Aircraft registration. Optional input.
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Flightlog editor
Notice
BACKUP as a mean of safety precaution is advisable.
Select the name of the file you wish to edit, e.g. "LANDEND.TXT" to edit the text for the minima box
on the flight plan.
IMPORTANT: See also “Edit File” for notes that apply for both editors.
Introduction
The PPS Editor is a standard DOS editor with the added benefit of enabling users to customize their
finished flight plans. The editor makes it possible to select different type-faces for headings, notes,
etc. as well as choose background patterns for blocks of text, e.g. to draw the user's attention to an
important part of your flight plan by highlighting it with a shade of gray.
This function also includes a complete list of *-codes available for your flight plan layout.
File handling
Loading a text.
Place the cursor on the required text file and press enter.
Notice
ONLY EDIT THE FILE IF EXPERIENCED WITH COMPUTERS AND AFTER READING THIS
MANUAL AS YOU MAY LOOSE VALUABLE DATA.
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Saving a text
After changes to the text press the [F10] key and yes to save the changes.
TEXT EDITING
The following keys are available for normal text editing:

[Arrows]: Move to next/previous line/character.
[Page Up]: Move cursor one page up (if possible).
[Page Down]: Move cursor one page down (if possible).
[Ctrl] [Home]: Move cursor to beginning of text.
[Ctrl] [End]: Move cursor to end of text
[Home]: Move cursor to beginning of line.
[End]: Move cursor to end of line.
[Insert]: Toggle insert/overwrite mode (cursor changes shape).
[Tab]: Inserts spaces or moves to next tab position depending on whether the
editor is in insert or overwrite mode. Tab size can be selected by
pressing [Ctrl] [T] (4 or 8 characters only).
[Ctrl][Delete]: Delete the current line.
[Delete]: Delete current character (or line if empty).
[Enter]: Insert carriage return character
[Backspace]: Delete previous character
BLOCK COMMANDS
You can only copy a whole line or a number of contiguous lines at any one time - not a single
character, word or other string of characters. To mark the beginning of a block, press [F3]. To mark
the end of a block, press [F3] a second time. If you press [F3] a third time, it will be interpreted as if
you wanted to select a new block. Press [SHIFT] [F3] to unmark a block.
To copy a selected block to the buffer, press [F5].
To cut a selected block from your text and move it to the copy buffer, press [F4]. To paste the buffer
to your text place the cursor on the previous line and, press [F7]. To delete a selected block press
[F8].
To move a selected block to a different position move the cursor to the new position and press [F6].
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Notice
The number of lines held in the buffer is displayed at the top of the screen (Buf).
You can move a maximum of 1000 lines.
It is not possible to copy a box of text - only whole lines.
Therefore: Plan ahead and start out with a dummy layout before filling in any
detailed information or attributes
Line Drawing
Characters needed for single or double line boxes have been mapped onto the following keys:
[ALT] [1]-[4]:
[ALT] [Q]-[R]:
[ALT] [A]-[F]:
[ALT] [Z]-[V]:
e.g. pressing [ALT] [C] produces the character 

To toggle between single ( ___ ) and double line ( ==== ) characters, press [ALT] [T].
Setting Attributes
To change the font and background pattern for selected areas of your text you must do so after
completing the contents of the text. Mark the top left corner of an area by pressing [Ctrl] [B] (as
Begin) and the opposite corner by pressing [Ctrl] [E] (as End). To change the attributes for a single
character you do not have to select an opposite corner.
When the box has been marked press [Ctrl] [F] to select a font or [Ctrl] [P] to select a background
pattern. After changing the font and/or background pattern, you can unmark the selected area by
pressing [Ctrl] [C]. If you want to remove a font or background pattern, you have to mark the area
and press [Ctrl] [ Z] and then all attributes will be removed .If a background pattern is selected for an
area not including any characters, the lines will be padded out with spaces to include the selected
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area. Fonts and patterns are displayed in different colors, which can be toggled on or off by pressing
[Ctrl] [A]. Attributes are still in place but not displayed.
Please note that the selected area is relative to the beginning of the file only (e.g. starting at line 10,
column 5) and its position is unaffected by e.g. the deletion previous lines.
Quick Key Summary

LEGEND # = Shift
@ = Alt
& = Ctrl
FILES DRAWING EDITING

#F1 Load @1-4 Arrows Move cursor
F2 Save @Q-R Page Up Move one page up
#F2 Save as @A-F Page Down Move one page down
@Z-V &Home Top of file
@T Single/Dbl. Lines &End End of file
Home Start of line
BLOCKS ATTRIBUTES End End of line
F3 Mark &B Begin Insert Toggle
insert/overwrite
#F3 Unmark &E End Tab Next tab position
F4 Cut &C Unmark &Delete Delete line
F5 Copy &F Select font Delete Delete current char.
F6 Move &P Select pattern Enter Insert carriage return
F7 Paste &A Attributes on/off Backspace Delete previous char.
F8 Delete
Editing the Flight Log Layout

The flight plan is made up of 3 blocks: TOPTEXT, NAVTEXT and ENDTEXT. To determine which file to
edit, use the diagram below.
Flight Plan format\ Block Toptext Navtext Endtext

Landscape format Landtop.txt Landnav2.txt Landend.txt
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Portrait format Pottop.txt Potnav.txt Potend.txt
Any text (.txt) file can be used for flight plan layout, but its name must be specified in Data Bases /
Aircraft Data / General Information for each aircraft to use this layout.
To make a special Toptext layout for an aircraft or aircraft version, load and edit pottop.txt and save
it under a new name e.g. "MEDICAL" for an ambulance version and insert this file name in the
Toptext input field (Aircraft / Basic Information).
The program will automatically change from PORTRAIT mode to LANDSCAPE mode if the printer
width is set to more than 120 characters.
If the aircraft database contains information stating that the cruise fuel flow is dependent on the
aircraft weight then this aircraft is said to have a dynamic fuel flow.
Words starting with a "*" (e.g. "*ACFT") are codes which will be replaced with actual data when the
flight plan is printed out. These codes are also known as "star codes".
All other text will be printed on the flight plan as displayed while in the editor.
The star codes used for identifying data in the flight plan are described on the following pages.
All TOPTEXT codes are valid also in the ENDTEXT and visa versa.
Codes For Toptext and Endtext
Basic Data
Flight number *REG Flight number first 6 digit *REG6

Date of creation *DATE Date and time of creation *DTIME
Aircraft name *ACFT Time of creation *TIME
Aircraft data *ACVER Company logo (On request) **01
Type of aircraft *TYPE User name *USER
Log number *LOG Tail number / Registration *TAIL
Navdata *NAV Planned FL *FL
Planned FL to ALT1 *FLA1 Planned FL to ALT 2 *FLA2
FL stored in the route database *RFL
Complete short ATC form, *SHORTATC

requires multible lines.
Aircraft – FBO ONLY *FBOAC Aircraft registration – FBO *FBOREG
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Date of flight
YYMMDD *DOF DD/MM-YYYY *SDOF

DD.MM.YYYY *LDOF DDMMYY *FDOF
DDMMMYY *MDOF
Flight Data
Route name *ROUTE Descent *TXTDECENT

Power & Configurations Climb *TXTCLIMB Holding *TXTHOLD
Cruise configuration *TXTCRUISE Contingency fuel text *CONT
Aircraft configuration *TXTCONFIG or % / Min /C.POD
*CFG
% Speed Deviation / Bias *PCTSD
% Fuel Deviation / Bias *PCTFD
Scheduled Flight Data
Estimated time of arrival *ETD Estimated time of arrival (STD *ETA

(STD minus Taxi time) plus flighttime)
Schld. Time of departure *STD Schld. Time of arrival *STA
Flight number *FLTNO Schld pax weight (incl. Lug.) *PLOAD
Schld. Traffic load *TLOAD Schld. Flight level *SFL
Schld. TAS *STAS Schld. Elapse time *STE
Schld. Est. elapse time *SEE ATC Callsign *ATCID
Sunrise DEP *SR1 Sunset DEP *SS1
Sunrise DEST *SR2 Sunset DEST *SS2
Freetext field in the *FREETEXT1
Dispatch module (can be
*FREETEXT2
inserted anywhere in the
flightlog. 60 Character in *FREETEXT3
each line.
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Flight Crew
Initials (1-5 Name (crew.csv) Internal company id

letter) (crew.csv)
Captain *C1 *CN1 *CNU1
Co-pilot *C2 *CN2 *CNU2
Cabin attendant 1 *C3 *CN3 *CNU3
Additional crew *C5 *CN5 *CNU5
member
Additional crew *C10 *CN10 *CNU10
member 2
Dispatcher *C6 *CN6 *CNU6
Crew version *CV
(Pilots/Steward.)
Takeoff Speeds
V1 speed *V1 Vr speed *VR

V2 speed *V2
V4 speed *V4 Text for V4 *V4$
V5 speed *V5 Text for V5 *V5$
Airport Information
Airport type ICAO IATA Name Elevation Runway Latitude Longitude Category
length
Departure *IC1 *I1 *NAME1 *E1 *DA1 *DLAT1 *DLON1 *A1
Destination *IC2 *I2 *NAME2 *E2 *DA2 *DLAT2 *DLON2 *A2
Alternate 1 *IC3 *I3 *NAME3 *E3 *DA3 *DLAT3 *DLON3 *A3
Alternate 2 *IC4 *I4 *NAME4 *E4 *DA4 *DLAT4 *DLON4 *A4
EASA Alter. *IC0 *I0 *NAME0 *E0 *DA0 *DLAT0 *DLON0 *A0
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Enroute Alt. *IC5 *I5 *NAME5 *E5 *DA5 *DLAT5 *DLON5 *A5
T/O Alt. *IC6 *I6 *NAME6 *E6 *DA6 *DLAT6 *DLON6 *A6
RCF DEST 2 *IC7 *I7
RCF DEST 2 *IC8 *I8
ALTN
(Name requires a minimum of 15 empty characters)

If using EU-OPS-regulations, star code for EU-OPS Alter. Should be used.
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Additional Airport Information
Syntax *Fixyz
Legend x: 1 Departure Legend y: 1 – 5 Line number.
2 Destination
3 Alternate 1 Legend z: 1 Column no 1 (Labelled
“Freq.”)
4 Alternate 2 2 Column no 2 (Labelled
“Text”)
Example: *FI221 is the code for the text stated for the destination in the second
line in the first column. For details on how to insert relevant date see
section 3. Databases / Airport Information.
Meteorological Information
Time of winddata selected *DMI (MMDDTT) Average Descent *DESCENTWIND

winds
Average wind direction *AWC
Average Wind component *WC Average ISA *ISA
(In head or tail wind) Temperature
Average Wind component *wc Temperature (celsius) *TTC
(In plus and minus) on the top of climb
Total ESAD distance (NM) *ESAD ISA on top of climb *ITC
Observation time for *ODMI *SDMI
predicted gridwinds (MMDDTT) (DDTTTT)
Winds/Temperatures Aloft *CRUISEWINDS1 Max windshear on *MXSH
Forecasted 2000ft intervals route
Winds/Temperatures Aloft *CRUISEWINDS2 Winds/Temperatures *FLOATWINDS

Forecasted 4000ft intervals Aloft Forecasted at FL
260,300,340,380,410
Takeoff And Landing Performance

(Not available for scheduled flight planning.)
Airport Landing distance Safety factor Resulting distance
(*D.. x *DF..)
Departure *D1 Takeoff *RF1 *DF1
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Destination *D2 Landing *RF2 *DF2

Alternate 1 *D3 *RF2 *DF3
Alternate 2 *D4 *RF2 *DF4
Route Info
Planned SID
Planned SID, First 60 character *PLNDEP
Available SID’s
Available SIDS, First 60 Character *DEPPEN1
Available SIDS, First 60 Character

ATC Routing with Speed & Flight Level Info
ATC routing, first 60 characters *ATC1
ATC routing, next 60 characters *ATC2
ATC routing DEST to ALT1 *ATCALT1

ATC routing ALT1 to ALT2 *ATCALT2
ATC Routing without Speed & Flight Level Info

ATC routing, first 60 characters *SATC1
ATC routing, next 60 characters *SATC2
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Magnetic track to Alt.1 *MC1 Distance to Alt.1 *DC1

Magnetic track to Alt.2 *MC2 Distance to Alt.2 *DC2
Total distance, NM *DNM Total distance, KM *DKM
Great circle dist. NM *GC Flight level *FL
Difference great/total NM *GD Fligh level changes *SCP
(indicated at waypoint)
FIR estimates line 1 *EET FIR estimates line 2 *EET2
TAS *TAS Average track *GCC
Route variant *ROUTV Route remarks *ROUTN
Climb distance, time and *CLIMB Descent distance, time and *DECENT
fuel fuel
One Engine Operation *OEO
Terrain Clearance GRID
MORA
Latitude and longitude list, *LATLON Overflight costs *OVERFLT
requires multible lines
Ex. for use of *LATLON for a flight ENGM-ENVA:
Time
Taxi time (only works if ITX *TTX

is inserted under 4.2)
Departure – Destination *TD Extra with +20 kts windcomp *T20
Time JAR Alternate *TA0 Extra with +40 kts wind comp *T24
Destination – Alternate 1 *TA1 Extra with +60 kts wind comp *T26
Destination – Alternate 2 *TA2 Extra with –4000 ft cruise alt *T40
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( If Nonjar enabled ) *TA2

Alternate 1 – Alternate 2
Route reserves *TRR
Holding *THO Route reserves in percent *RR%
Extra reserves *TEX Actual ramp endurance *TRA
Time Company Fuel *TCR Additional time ( 15min *TAD
normally when no alternate is
selected) To be used together
with *TFI
Basic reserve endurance (Alternate 1, Alternate 2, Route reserves, Holding) *TXX

Basic reserve endurance (Alternate 1, Alternate 2, Route reserves, Holding, extra fuel) *TXE
Holding/Final Reserve endurance to be used in conjuction with *TAD *TFI
EU-OPS reserve endurance (EU-OPS Alternate, Route reserve, Holding) *TFR
Min. endurance for takeoff (Destination, Basic reserves) *TMI
Time Minimum fuel NOT incl. Company fuel *TMc
Min. endurance for diversion (EU-OPS Alternate, Holding) *TMD
(if Nonjar setting selected (Altn1+Altn2+Holding)
Fuel
All fuel values in same unit as stated in aircraft data.
Taxi fuel *FTX Extra with +20 Kts wind comp *F20
Departure- Destination *FD Extra with +40 Kts wind comp *F40
Trip fuel
Extra with +60 Kts wind comp *F60
Departure-Destination-
*FMTR
departure Trip fuel
Destination – Alternate 1 *FA1
Destination – Alternate 2 *FA2 Additional fuel ( 15min normally *FAD
when no alternate is selected)
(if Nonjar enabled)
To be used together with *FFI
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *FA2
Dest. To JAR Alternate *FA0 Route Reserves *FRR
Holding/Final Reserve *FHO Route reserves in percent *RR%
Extra reserves *FEX Gain/loss for fuelling In USD *GL
Takeoff fuel *FTO Company fuel reserves *FCO
Fuel flow normal cruise *FFNC Actual ramp fuel *FRA
Fuel flow long range cru *FFLR Fuel on RWY before takeoff *MMTO
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Max Fuel *MAXFUEL Fuel capacity *FCA

Fuelburn Climb *FCL Fuelburn Decent *FDE
Fuelburn Cruise *FCR
Basis reserve fuel (Alternate 1, Alternate 2, Route reserve, Holding) *FXF

Holding/Final Reserve fuel to be used in conjuction with *FAD *FFI
EU-OPS reserve fuel (EU-OPS Alternate, Route reserve, Holding) *FFR
Total reserve endurance (Basic reserve fuel, Extra reserve, Company reserve) *FXX
Destination fuel (Taxi fuel, Destination) *FRB
Minimum fuel for takeoff (Destination, basic reserve) *FMI
Minimum fuel incl. Company fuel *FMC
Minimum fuel NOT incl. Company fuel *FMc
Minimum fuel for diversion (EU-OPS Alternate, Holding) *FMD
(if Nonjar setting selected (Altn1+Altn2+Holding) *FMD
Minimum fuel JAR (Holding + JAR Alternate) *FMJ
Minimum ramp fuel (Taxi, Destination, Basic reserve) *FMR
Ballast fuel *FB
All values in LBS regardless of unit stated in aircraft data.

Taxi fuel *LFTX Extra with +20 Kts wind comp *LF20
Departure- Destination *LFD Extra with +40 Kts wind comp *LF40
Trip fuel
Destination –Alternate 1 *LFA1 Extra with +60 Kts wind comp *LF60
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *LFA2 Route Reserves *LFRR
(if NonJAR enabled) Company fuel reserves *LFCO
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *LFA2
Holding/Final Reserve *LFHO Actual ramp fuel *LFRA
Extra reserves *LFEX
Takeoff fuel *LFTO
Basis reserve fuel (Alternate 1, Alternate 2, Route reserve, Holding) *LFXF
Total reserve endurance (Basic reserve fuel, Extra reserve, Company reserve) *LFXX
Destination fuel (Taxi fuel, Destination) *LFRB
Minimum fuel for takeoff (Destination, basic reserve) *LFMI
Minimum ramp fuel (Taxi, Destination, Basic reserve) *LFMR
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All values in METRIC TON if the aircraft is defined with KG in aircraft data.
Taxi fuel *TFTX Route Reserves *TFRR
Departure- Destination *TFD Company fuel reserves *TFCO
Trip fuel
Destination –Alternate 1 *TFA1 Actual ramp fuel *TFRA
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *TFA2 Fuel capacity *TFCA
Dest. To JAR Alternate *TFA0 Fuelburn Decent *TFDE

Holding/Final Reserve *TFHO Fuelburn Climb *TFCL
Extra reserves *TFEX Fuelburn Cruise *TFCR
Takeoff fuel *TFTO
Basis reserve fuel (Alternate 1, Alternate 2, Route reserve, Holding) *TFXF
Total reserve endurance (Basic reserve fuel, Extra reserve, Company reserve) *TFXX
Destination fuel (Taxi fuel, Destination) *TFRB
Minimum fuel for takeoff (Destination, basic reserve) *TFMI
Minimum fuel incl. Company fuel *TFMC
Minimum fuel for diversion (EU-OPS Alternate, Holding) *TFMD
(if Nonjar setting selected (Altn1+Altn2+Holding) *TFMD
Minimum fuel JAR (Holding + JAR Alternate) *TFMJ
Minimum ramp fuel (Taxi, Destination, Basic reserve) *TFMR
All values in LITRE regardless of unit stated in aircraft data.

Taxi fuel *lFTX Route Reserves *lFRR
Departure- Destination *lFD Company fuel reserves *lFCO
Trip fuel
Destination –Alternate 1 *lFA1 Actual ramp fuel *lFRA
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *lFA2 Extra reserves *lFEX
(if NonJAR enabled)
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *IFA2
Holding/Final Reserve *lFHO Takeoff fuel *lFTO
Basis reserve fuel (Alternate 1, Alternate 2, Route reserve, Holding) *lFXF
Total reserve endurance (Basic reserve fuel, Extra reserve, Company reserve) *lFXX
Destination fuel (Taxi fuel, Destination) *lFRB
Minimum fuel for takeoff (Destination, basic reserve) *lFMI
Minimum ramp fuel (Taxi, Destination, Basic reserve) *lFMR
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All values in GALLONS regardless of unit stated in aircraft data.

Taxi fuel *gFTX Route Reserves *gFRR
Departure- Destination *gFD Company fuel reserves *gFCO
Trip fuel
Destination –Alternate 1 *gFA1 Actual ramp fuel *gFRA
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *gFA2 Extra reserves *gFEX
(if NonJAR enabled)
Alternate 1 –Alternate 2 *gFA2
Holding/Final Reserve *gFHO Takeoff fuel *gFTO
Basis reserve fuel (Alternate 1, Alternate 2, Route reserve, Holding) *gFXF
Total reserve endurance (Basic reserve fuel, Extra reserve, Company reserve) *gFXX
Destination fuel (Taxi fuel, Destination) *gFRB
Minimum fuel for takeoff (Destination, basic reserve) *gFMI
Minimum ramp fuel (Taxi, Destination, Basic reserve) *gFMR
Reduced Contingency Fuel (RCF)
Destination 2 ICAO *IC7 Destination 2 IATA *I7

Alternate to Dest2 ICAO *IC8 Alternate to Dest2 IATA *I8
Decision Point (DP) *PODW Extra fuel (landing at Dest2) *FPEX
Fuel to Alternate for Dest2 *FPA1 Time to Alternate for Dest2 *TPA1
airport airport
Holding fuel (Dest2) *FPHO
Route reserves (Dest2) *FPRR
Fuel DP to Dest2 *PODFA Fuel DP-DEST *PODFD
Total fuel DP to DEST *PODFTR Total fuel DP to Dest2 *PODMRR
Departure- DP-Dest2 trip fuel *FPD
Departure RWY to Dest2 (trip+holding+route reserve) *FPMI
Total fuel to Dest2 (taxi+trip+holding+route reserve) *FPMR
Total fuel DP to DEST except route reserve *PODFT
Total fuel DP to Dest2 except route reserve *PODMR
Ex. For use of DPP-codes
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Weight and Passengers
Weight units *WU Total luggage weight *LW0

Max takeoff weight *MTOW Planed takeoff weight *TOW
Estimated takeoff weight as *ETOW Estimated takeoff weight *5TOW
defined in FLOM module or rounded off to next half
when RWY restrict. metric ton
Max landing weight *MLW Estimated landing weight *ELW
Estimated landing weight *5ELW Fuelweight carried except *BOFF
rounded off to next half metric tripfuel (Act. Rampmass-
ton TOW-tripfuel)
Max zero fuel weight *MZFW Actual zero fuel weight *ZFW
Max ramp weight *MRAMP Actual ramp weight *RAMP
Empty weight / DOM *BOW DOM arm *BOA
Underload *UNDER Underload determining *UT
factor
Traffic load *LOAD
Number of people on board *POB Male/Female/Children/ *MFCI
Infants
Number of passengers *PAX Pantry name *PANTRY
Total weight of passengers *PLOAD Traffic load in Kilo *KLOAD
Fuelpenalty pr TOW + 1ton *1TON Fuelpenalty pr TOW + 2ton *2TON
extra ( extra
Text in 1 line of aircraft-specific *MALE Text in 1 line of aircraft- *FMALE
userdefined paxtext specific userdefined paxtext
Weight And Balance
Passenger Luggage Fuel
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Row Number Weight Text Weight Text Weight

*PX1$ *X1 *XW1 *L$1 *LW1 *F$1 *FW1
*PX2$ *X2 *XW2 *L$2 *LW2 *F$2 *FW2
*PX3$ *X3 *XW3 *L$3 *LW3 *F$3 *FW3
*PX4$ *X4 *XW4 *L$4 *LW4 *F$4 *FW4
*PX5$ *X5 *XW5 *L$5 *LW5 *F$5 *FW5
*PX6$ *X6 *XW6 *L$6 *LW6 *F$6 *FW6
*PX7$ *X7 *XW7 *L$7 *LW7 *F$7 *FW7
*PX8$ *X8 *XW8 *L$8 *LW8 *F$8 *FW8
*PX9$ *X9 *XW9 *L$9 *LW9 *F$9 *FW9
Sum of Pax number 1+2 *x1 Sum of Fuel weight 1+2 *LW-12
3+4 *x2 3+4 *LW-34
5+6 *x3 5+6 *LW-45
Arms Forward limit Actual position Aft limit

Takeoff *TMA *TAA *TXA
*TA$ Graphically line
Landing *EMA *EAA *EXA
*EA$ Graphically line
Zero fuel *ZMA *ZAA *ZXA
*ZA$ Graphically line
Ex.
Weight And Balance Index
Dry operating index *DOI Zero fuel weight index *IZA

Zero fuel forward limit *IZM Zero fuel aft limit *IZX
Takeoff weight index *ITA Estimated landing weight *IEA
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Takeoff weight index limitations
Minimum index Maximum index

TOW + 1500 k *IM+15 TOW +1500 kg *IX+15
TOW + 1000 kg *IM+10 TOW +1000 kg *IX+10
TOW + 500 kg *IM+5 TOW +500 kg *IX+5

TOW *ITM TOW *ITX
TOW - 500 kg *IM-5 TOW -500 kg *IX-5
TOW 1000 kg *IM-10 TOW 1000 kg *IX-10
TOW 1500 kg *IM-15 TOW –1500 kg *IX-15

TOW 2000 kg *IM-20 TOW –2000 kg *IX-20
TOW 2500 kg *IM-25 TOW –2500 kg *IX-25
Codes For Navtext
1.line "*" for all vertical lines.

2.line Text for first line in nav flight log and "*" for all vertical lines.
3.line Text for second line in nav flight log and "*" for all vertical lines.
4.line and 5.line position for Ident / Waypoint Info.
Ident / Waypoint Info
IDENT Ident of navigational fix or airport

NAME Name of ident, upper case (requires space of 15 characters)
Name Name of ident, lower case (requires space of 15 characters)
t Type of ident : explanation below
A – Waypoint on airway, departure or arrival procedures
D – VORDME or VORTAC
N – NDB or Locator
O – Waypoint not on airway, departure or arrival procedures
T – Terminal VOR
V – VOR
M – Pseudo waypoint on departure or arrival procedures due to course to be
maintained or turn defined at an altitude
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FREQ Frequency of ident

LAT Latitude of ident
LON Longitude of ident
FIR FIR of ident (always the Upper FIR will be shown for the waypoint)
ESA ESAD between waypoints
RSA Remaining ESAD to destination
Track / Route Info
AWY Name of airway

FL Flight level
MEA Minimum enroute altitude (airways only, blank at DCT, SID/STAR)
MOR Grid MORA for the actual leg
MT Magnetic track
TT True track
MH Magnetic heading
TH True heading
D1 Leg distance
DA Accumulated distance
DR Distance remaining to destination
ESA ESAD between waypoints
RSA Remaining still air distance
gT Magnetic track (ex. 220M), unless route becomes north of 70 then it changes
to True track (ex 220T)
Flight / Fuel Info
TAS True air speed

CAS Calibrated Air Speed
GS Ground speed
M1 Minutes leg
MA Accumulated minutes
M2 Minutes remaining to destination
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FLOW Fuel flow, same unit (kg/lbs) as aircraft weights

flow Fuel flow in lbs, regardless of aircraft weight unit
ULEG Fuel used pr leg, same unit (kg/lbs) as aircraft weights
USED Fuel used, same unit (kg/lbs) as aircraft weights
used Fuel used in lbs, regardless of aircraft weight unit
REM Remaining fuel, same unit (kg/lbs) as aircraft weights
rem Remaining fuel in lbs, regardless of aircraft weight unit
MRED Minimum ETOPS Diversion FUEL over waypoint (kg/lbs) ( B/O Alt. + FINAL RES)
(this will display a *before the ETP and not after where ETOPS additional fuel
is not required)
MREQ Minimum required fuel over waypoint (kg/lbs) (Dest. + Alt. + Hold.)
mreq Minimum required fuel over waypoint in lbs (Dest. + Alt. + Hold.)
MRES MREQ+contingency
Meteorological Info
ISA ISA deviation

s Clear Air Turbulance 0-9 (0 no turbulence, 1-3 light, 4-6 moderate, 7-9 severe
turbulence) If the new windshear code NSH is used then the values goes from
0-10+ (0 no turbulence, 1-4 light turbulence, 5-9 moderate, 10-10+ severe
turbulence)
TMP Temperature
WW Wind direction
WV Wind velocity
WC Wind Component (Hxxx Txxx)
Economy Info
Following is paired with normally first code in line 4 and second code in line 5.
BSF Optimum FL for speed
BSD Speed gain pr. leg
BFE Optimum FL for economy

BEE Money gain pr. Leg
BFF Optimum FL for fuel
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BFC Fuel save in % pr. leg

Ex. From previus waypoint to this waypoint a speed increase of 12kts could be achieved if flown at FL
360. FL may differ for the three various gains.
Fuel correction table
Log examples
Example. 1.: POTTOP.TXT (Normal Toptext for the flight plan in portrait mode)
Example. 2.: POTNAV.TXT
Example. 3.: POTEND.TXT (Normal Endtext for the flight plan in portrait mode)
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EROPS, ETOPS, ETP and Adequate airports information sheets.

These codes only work in the END text of the flightplan unless otherwise specifically noted.
NOTE NO Scenarios will be displayed if the aircraft file does NOT contain EROP/ETOPS profiles or if
the ETOPS Rings have NOT been specified under 1. General information
For all the formats these are the following ITEMS in common.
After selecting more than 2 airports in the ETOPS/ETP selection box an Equal time point (ETP) will be
created in the NAVLOG for the most critical scenario marked as ETP1 and if more airports are
selected more ETP’s will also be shown.
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The NAVLOG will also indicate when you are flying in/outside 60 min from an ETOPS/ETP airport.
E-ENT ETOPS ENTRY indicate that now you are flying more than 60 minutes away from an ETOPS/ETP
airport
E-EXT ETOPS EXIT indicate that now you are flying within60 minutes from an ETOPS/ETP airport
PPS8 has different formats/Layouts to show the ETOPS/ETP scenarios
*ETOPS0
Example
overview
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The scenarios will be shown in two ways, depending on if you got the EROPS or ETOPS profiles in the
aircraft file.
EROPS (here it is assumed that a value for oxygen has been inputted into the aircraftfile and PPS will
calculate how much oxygen available for each pax and then in a decompression scenario descend to
FL250 and use the oxygen and then continue to FL100
The text below the scenario is a userdefined text file (normally called EROPS.TXT) placed in the
configuration folder in the PPS8sharedfolder. If you want this text to be shown, you have to write the
name of the text file inside the EROPS cruise profile.
ETOPS (here the aircraft will make a decent to FL100 and continue the flight from here)
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*ETOPS1
The format is described below:
Description of the *ETOPS1 scenario

1. Describes the Cruise profile that the scenario has been calculated on. Normally the ETP
scenario at the normal cruise if nothings happens, 1ENG out scenario and the Decompression
scenario.
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2. The distance given here is what the program will use to calculate, when you are
entering/exiting ETOPS airspace. More than 60 min from ETOPS/Adequate airport.
3. Name/ICAO/IATA of the 2 ETP/ETOPS Airports of which this ETP is calculated.
4. The Location of the ETP waypoint in coordinates (This might be different from scenario to
scenario because of the winds change at different Flight level e.g. (1 ENG out is cruising at a
higher FL than OXY (Decompression scenario).
5. Distance from the Departure airport to the ETP waypoint plus the flight time to the ETP
waypoint
6. Distance from the ETP to the First ETP/ETOPS Alternate plus various information described
below.
7. Distance from the ETP to the second ETP/ETOPS Alternate plus various information described
below.
8. True Airspeed at the Flight level, that will be used to fly to either of the ETP/ETOPS
Alternates.
9. Total fuel burn used to reach the ETP waypoint.
10. Estimated Fuel Remaining overhead the ETP waypoint.
11. Estimated fuel burn to reach each of the ETP/ETOPS alternates.
12. Estimated Fuel remaining at the ETP/ETOPS Alternates.
13. Min required fuel at the ETP.
14. Total fuel to the ETP/ETOPS alternate. Fuel burn to the ETP/ETOPS alternate + ETOPS fuel
(ETOPS fuel is specified for each aircraft and consist of 15min Hold + 2 missed approached,
but this figure may vary from customer to customer).
15. Flight level at which the TAS is calculated. First scenario will always show default cruising FL.
And then 1 ENG out and decompression. The FL May change from ETP to ETP because weight
reduces and the AC might be able to cruise at higher FL. Normally decompression show
FL100 unless oxygen is carried onboard, where the aircraft will use the Oxygen at FL250 and
then descent to FL100.
16. Show the track used to fly to each of the ETP/ETOPS Alternates.
17. Show the MORA to each of the ETP/ETOPS Alternates.
18. Show the wind to each of the ETP/ETOPS Alternates.
19. Show the ISA temp to each of the ETP/ETOPS Alternates.
20. Show the TAS (True Air speed) used to fly to each of the ETP/ETOPS Alternates.
21. Show the GS (Grounds speed) used to fly to each of the ETP/ETOPS Alternates.
22. Show the time to the ETP waypoint and the time to reach the ETP/ETOPS alternates.
23. This is the name of the Scenarios:
 The scenarios will always include a normal ETP scenario at the selected Cruise and flight
level and that will ways be displayed as the first scenario.
 Next scenario will be 1 ENG out. So if the aircraft has 3 engine, the scenario will be
named 2LRC ETOPS ICE to inform that 1 engine is lost and that LRC is used in calculating
the speed and fuel flow plus Ice protection is also included.
 Normally last scenario is the Decompression scenario. This is normally called for a 3
engine aircraft 3LRC ETOPS OXY ICE. Again 3engines running at LRC cruise speed. But if
no oxygen is onboard, then the aircraft will descent to FL100. If oxygen is onboard
(business jets) then the aircraft will cruise at FL250 until the Oxygen has been depleted
and descent to FL100.
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*ETOPS2
The *ETOPS2 format is a summary of all ETP Scenarios shown in an abbreviated format.
Airport required availability times and ETOPS Entry and Exit points are shown
*ETOPS3
The ETOPS3 Format required the aircraft file to be setup in a specific way ( please contact the
support department at Airsupport for help) for experience PPS users with an Aircraft editor
education the required are explained below.
*ETOPS5
The *ETOPS5 I very similar to *ETOPS2 but the format also shows all ETP point next to ETOPS Entry
and EXIT points.
*OPENHRS
Will create a list that indicates all required opening hours of ETP and ADQ airports of the flight
*AIRPORTHOURS
Will create a list that indicates all required opening hours of ETP airports minus ADQ airports
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Adequate airport list
Aircrafteditor
Open’s up directly the well-known page “Aircraft Data” in PPS.

To calculate the flight plan it is necessary to have all information about the performance of the
aircraft in the database. First of all select the aircraft you want to view/edit:
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The database AIRCRAFT DATA contains the following sections:
Notice
BACKUP as a mean of safety precaution is advisable.
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A protection feature protects the current database from loss of data. Pressing [ESC] will bring up a
warning: <EXIT WITHOUT SAVING? Y/N>. Press [N] to remain in the current database and [Y] to exit.
Inadvertent return to the aircraft input field has also been prevented.
BASIC 1 General Info
Aircraft Is the name of the aircraft File (Max 8 characters).

Aircraft data Name of the aircraft version. Used to describe the aircraft version
Hold type “J” = Holding time jet 30 min. No alternates 45 min. 1500feet AAL
”N” = Holding time 45 min. No alternates 60 min. 1500feet AAL
”S” = Holding time 30 min. No alternates 30 min. 1500feet AAL
“Z” = ZERO; Holding time 0 min. With or without alternates.
”F” = Holding time 45 min. No alternates 45 min. cruising level above
aerodrome (FAA rule)
”V” = this will enable VFR flightlevels in the program, thereby adding
500feet eg. FL100 would be FL105
Holding time 45 min. also without alternates 1500feet AAL
Fuel type “J” = Jet Fuel
”A” = Avgas 100LL
”N” = the fuel costs are considered included in the aircraft cost price
used for FLOM calculations (Flight Level Optimisation Module
calculations). For inserting the applicable fuel prices, see Setup Flight
Plan.
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Cost price/hour Cost price per hour for the aircraft to be used for FLOM (Flight Level
Optimisation Module) calculations. Fuel costs added before FLOM
calculations unless “N” is selected in Fuel Type, see above.
Units “L” for lbs and “K” for kilograms. It is essential that identical units be
used consistently. However, you have the option of entering weight
performance data in lbs or kg and have PPS to convert the data to the
other weight unit. Enter all weights in one unit, go to UNITS and choose
the other weight unit and press [Enter]. PPS will now convert all entered
data into the new weight unit.
Pct. fuel dev Fuel deviation used to adjust fuel consumption for the aircraft. If for
instance the aircraft manual states 500 lbs an hour and the aircraft is
known to use 550 lbs then “10” should be inserted. This percentage
applies to climb, cruise and descent.
Pct. speed dev Speed deviation used to adjust speed for the aircraft. If for instance the
aircraft manual states 400 kts an the aircraft is known to do only 360 kts
then “-10” should be inserted. This percentage applies to climb, cruise
and descent.
Log Land/Pot Indicates if the Flightlog used for this aircraft is in portrait or landscape
Normal top text Name of the file for the TOPTEXT on the flight plan. If left empty, then
the default file according o the flightlog orientation above will be used
instead. P for Portrait will use the POTTOP.txt placed in the configuration
folder. Same applies for the 2 below fields.
Normal nav text Name of the file for the NAVTEXT on the flight plan.
Normal end text Name of the file for the ENDTEXT on the flight plan.
GSM Mobile No. If SMS service is active under AMEXSY settings, a number inserted here
will overrule any number under CREW.CSV in DATA editor.
Flight Plan Ver. (4-2) Any code inserted here will overrule any code inserted under SETUP
FLIGHT PLAN in the MISC menu of PPS. It could be the code to use the
new windshear NSH or to remove all lines in the flightlog NLI that could
be inserted here, for more codes see Flight plan version under the
settings menu
Adeq SE NM NM to be flown single engine in regards to adequate airport according to
JAR OPS.
Adeq SE Minutes Minutes to be flown single engine in regards to adequate airport
according to JAR OPS.
Alternate RWYL ft Defines the minimum required length of runway required for this
aircraft. This will limit the amount of Airport shown when selecting
DEP,DEST, ALTN and NOT display any airports that is below this value.
Route type A user-defined classification of aircraft. PPS multi routing allows
numerous routes between the same two airports. Available routes will
be shown during the flight planning after the insertion of departure and
destination airport, but only those created with an aircraft of the same
classification. Once your Lear jet and your Citation has been classified as
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“J” (for jet), the routes created using these aircraft will not be offered to
a Seneca classified as “P” (for piston), which makes sense.
Route Reserve STD Known as contingency fuel. In this field you insert the percentage that
you would like to use as contingency fuel (normally 5 %).
The code could be
“5R” For Destination only – Time included.
“5T” For Destination only – Time not included.
“5A” For Destination and Alternate – Time included.
“5AT”. For Destination and Alternate – Time not included.
For Aircraft following the EASA Rule that states 5% of the trip fuel, but
never less than 5 minutes of holding fuel, a minimum fuel has to be
added to the code
So “5R” would be “5RM200” . This would then make sure that the
program will use 5 % of the trip fuel , but if that is less than 200, then
200 will be used instead. NOTE If the flightlog displays the amount of %
used for contingency , it will instead of 5% display MCF (minimum
contingency fuel)
DPP Dest Same entries as for Route Reserve but Minimum is not available, but
defined when using Decision Point Planning to destination.
DPP Alt Same entries as for Route Reserve but Minimum is not available, but
defined when using Decision Point Planning to Enroute alternate.
Tail number The correct and full registration tail number must be inserted due to
filing the flightplan.
CB Username Allows this aircraft to be uploaded to another Crewbriefing account, if
the PPS NAME is known. Contact the Support department for further
details.
Engine types Text field that indicates the Engine type the performance data entered
for.
Sub directory Allows this aircraft to look for flightlog and Crew file in a subfolder that
has to be placed in the Assets folder. Normally used, when you want to
limit certain crew only to be shown for certain aircrafts.
ETOPS RANGE Here the rings for ETOPS/ETP have to be defined starting with the 60 min
first (normally based on 1ENG OUT SPEED)
Time SE MIN Normally 60 min if non ETOPS approved, else all the rings desired can be
inserted like 60,90,120 min. The last column should be the highest.
Distance SE NM Normally the distance travelled in 60 min flying at 1ENG OUT Speed if
non ETOPS approved, else all the rings desired can be inserted like
400,600,800 . The values in this example corresponds to the timings
above. They will vary from operator to operator. The last column should
be the highest.
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2 ATC data
Aircraft Name of the Aircraft file.

Ident Aircraft Ident/FLTnumber max 7 characters no special signs accepted
Etc. OY-MAN would be written OYMAN
Rules I=IFR, V=VFR, Y=IFR transitioning to VFR, Z=VFR trasitioning to IFR
Type of S=scheduled flight N= Nonscheduled flight G=general aviation M=military X=any other
flight than the above
Type of 3 or 4 letter code of the aircraft.
aircraft
Wake H=Heavy 136000KG or more in Takeoff mass
turbulence
M=Medium 70000KG or more up to 136000KG Takeoff mass
cat.
L =Light 7000KG or less in Takeoff mass
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Equipment
(item
10.A)
This info can also be found on the

https://contentzone.eurocontrol.int/fpl/
SSR (item
10.B)
Emergency
radio
Survival
Jackets
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Number of Specify how many dinghies(flotation raft) in the aircraft

dinghies
Capacity Amount of passengers that can be fitted into each dinghy
Cover Y/N if there is cover on the dinghy
Dinghy Colour of the dinghy
colour
Acft. Aircraft colour and special markings
Colour and
mk.
Other info 4 lines for standard text in RMK18. Only / is allowed as a special character in these line
RMK 18
!NOTE! When typing in multiply PBN numbers,
only but the lowest value in e.g
PBN/B2B3B4D1D2D3 would need to be
writtin
PBN/B2D1
Remarks Special info about equipment in the aircraft, like ejection seat, etc.
(item 10)
MASS & BALANCE

This section is divided into two subsections. The elementary part called Basic and following you are
able to configure six individual configurations.
3 Basic
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Considerations on weight-units please see Basic Information.
Aircraft Name of the aircraft file (you have to press ENTER to start to edit).
Ramp mass Maximum Ramp Weight in lbs/kg. (MTOW+Taxifuel)
Max takeoff mass Maximum Takeoff Weight in lbs/kg. DO NOT CHANGE THIS VALUE unless
you are certified to do (having an aircraft editor license from PPS)
Zero fuel mass Zero Fuel Weight in lbs/kg.
Max landing mass Maximum Landing Weight in lbs/kg.
Min alternate fuel Minimum fuel to alternate. Company requirement when destination –
alternate distance is very short.
Comp Fuel Company fuel. Extra fuel, other than required by regulations. Time (extra
endurance) is based on holding fuel flow.
%MAC pos Position of leading edge from reference, if used.
%MAC cord The length of MAC, if used.
Index ref Index reference, if Weight and Balance is made with index.
Pantry Code NOT APPLICABLE in the PPS8 software
Ballast fuel (tank#) Available in version PPS8 1.7 release date 2015
Specifies the fuel tank to which ballast fuel applies. Valid numbers are 1
to 6 referring to the tank-number in Weight & Balance Data. This feature
is activated during the weight and balance calculations if you reach the
Fuel input field with a Zero Fuel centre of gravity out of limits. The
computer will then automatically load as much fuel into the ballast fuel
tank as necessary to balance the aircraft. The fuel entered is not available
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for the flight in question and is not considered when calculating aircraft
fuel reserves.
Oxygen pax/hours Enter the amount of hours which is available for 1 person. PPS will
automatically reduce the oxygen-time in regard to amount of pax.
Fuel
Name Identification name of the fuel tank. Tanks should be listed in the
opposite order as in which they are emptied in flight.
Max Lbs/Kg Maximum lbs/kg fuel in the tank.
Arm Arm of the fuel tank
Aircraft arms This must be a complete description of the weight and balance envelope,
and the last weight must be “0” to activate data.
You can now allocate six different mass & balance configurations for this aircraft, ex. Pax,
Ambulance, VIP Club etc.
Minimum one configuration must be created for PPS to calculate correctly.
Aircraft The name of the aircraft.

Dry mass Basic Operating Weight.
Dry arm Dry arm with reff. To Dry mass.
Number of crew Number of crewmembers. Added to the number of pax for ATC fpl.
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Pax name Identification name for each group of passengers.

Max Maximum number of passengers in the section. Never more than 98 pax
per section. AIR SUPPORT A/S will normally customize larger aircraft’s
loading sheet on the screen.
Arm The arm for the section.
P Preferences. State here the order in which autoload shall seat your
passengers by using the numbers 1-6 or the letters A-F. Using the
numbers will fill a section/row of the aircraft before passengers are
seated in next. Using the letters will spread the passengers as much as
possible by seating 1 pax in section A, 1 in section B and so forth.
Alternatively, leave all spaces blank in which case the autoload feature
will only take balance considerations. Clear the Autoload input field to
disable autoload completely.
Pax For inserting the standard weights to be used in weight and balance
calculations. The two upper input fields have separate input fields for
labelling. Most often labelled “Male” and “Female”, but can also be used
by operators to differentiate between “Line” and “Charter”. Unspecified
passengers will be given the weight stated in the adult input field.
Configuration Identification name in the Aircraft, Mass & Balance page

Autoload P/L Enable autoload feature for passengers and/or cargo. Default is “YY”.
ATC Field 18 The text inserted here will be added to Field 18 on the ATC flight plan
Luggage Identification name of the luggage compartment.
Max Lbs/Kg Maximum lbs/kg in the luggage compartment.
Arm The arm for the luggage compartment.
Crew Weights inserted here will be used for BOW and BOW-arm calculations.
Check that the Dry Operating Weight is inserted in the Dry Weight input
field before using this feature.
CLIMB
10 Normal Climb
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Aircraft Identification name of the aircraft.

Weight 2 /Weight 3 These data cover the operational weight spectrum and contain suitable
weights in lbs/kg for performance weight spectrum interpolation. Weight-
2 must be less than MTOW and Weight-3 must be less than Weight-2.
Normally the chosen average weights are for a medium load of fuel and
payload and a light load for typically short flights with few pax on board.
CONTACT AIR SUPPORT A/S FOR ASSISTANCE CONCERNING SELECTION
OF CORRECT INTERMEDIATE WEIGHTS FOR YOUR AIRCRAFT.
ISA + Deviation Reference to which deviation-data is used from the aircraft manual
ISA – Deviation Reference to which deviation-data is used from the aircraft manual
Climb profile Reference to which climb-profile is used for calculating
FL Selected flight levels for performance data information in ISA conditions.
Starting at sea level and ending at the highest flight level
Climb Min Time to climb to given Flight Level in minutes.
Climb Fuel Fuel consumption in lbs or kg at a given flight level.
Climb Miles Flown distance in NM to given flight level.
Climb in minutes Climb times in minutes for MTOM both + and – previously defined
deviation and times for Weight2 and 3.
CRUISE
You can now allocate six different cruise profiles for this aircraft, ex. M.75, Long rang, M.80 etc.
Minimum one configuration must be created for PPS to calculate correctly.
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Each cruise profile contains 3 fields: Speed, Fuel Flow & Weight Limitation
Speed

Weight 2/3/4/5/6 These data cover the operational weight spectrum and contain suitable
weights in lbs/kg for performance weight spectrum interpolation.
Weight-2 must be less than MTOW and Weight-3 must be less than
Weight-2 etc. Normally the chosen average weights are for a medium
load of fuel and payload and a light load for typically short flights with
few pax on board.
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ISA +/- DEVIATION Selected +/- degrees for the ISA temperatures
INDEX/MACH In here the Mach or index number is put in for the specific crusing profile.
Etc 75 for M.75 . This will enable you to use Variable mach numbers if
you have 2 profiles with Mach.
Cruise Profile Enter the name of the specific profile
Erops/Etops txt It’s possible to attach a text in connection with Erops/Etops flights.
The text file should be located in the Configuration folder under your
PPS8shared folder and you just write the name of the text file here.
FL Selected flight levels for performance data information. Starting at sea
level and ending at the highest flight level
ISA Speed in knots with ISA temperature at MTOM
Max mass Maximum mass by with the aircraft can perform at this FL
ISA + Deviation Speed in knots with temperature above ISA at MTOM and a given level.
Mathematical interpolation takes place for lower temperatures in 1-
degree increments.
ISA – Deviation Speed in knots with temperature below ISA at MTOW and a given level.
Mathematical interpolation takes place for higher temperatures in 1-
degree increments.
ISA Weight Speed in knots with ISA temperature at weight 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 and a
2/3/4/5/5/6 given level.
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Fuel Flow

Weight 2/3/4/5/6 These data cover the operational weight spectrum and contain suitable
weights in lbs/kg for performance weight spectrum interpolation.
Weight-2 must be less than MTOW and Weight-3 must be less than
Weight-2 etc. Normally the chosen average weights are for a medium
load of fuel and payload and a light load for typically short flights with
few pax on board.
ISA +/- DEVIATION Selected +/- degrees for the ISA temperatures
INDEX/MACH Mach or index number for the specific crusing profile. Etc 75 for M.75 .
This will enable you to use Variable mach numbers if you have 2 profiles
with Mach.
Cruise Profile Name of the specific profile
FL Selected flight levels for performance data information. Starting at sea
level and ending at the highest flight level
ISA Fuel flow in knots with ISA temperature at MTOM
ISA + Deviation Fuel flow above ISA standard conditions at a given level. Mathematical
interpolation takes place in 1-degree increments.
ISA – Deviation Fuel flow below ISA standard conditions at a given level. Mathematical
interpolation takes place in 1-degree increments.
ISA Weight Fuel flow at standard ISA temperature at weight 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 and
2/3/4/5/5/6 a given level.
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Weight Limitation
Insert the weight-limitation for the individual FL and individual ISA-diviations.

PPS uses these weights to calculate step-climbs and maximum reachable level at at given weight and
ISA-temperature.
EROPS / ETOPS
18-20
If the Airplane is fitted with EROPS/ETOPS profiles they will be located here. Same layout as a
standard crusing profile.
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DECENT & HOLDING

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FL Selected flight levels for performance data information in ISA conditions.

Starting at sea level and ending at the highest flight level
Descent Min Time to descent from given level in minutes.
Descent Fuel Fuel consumption in lbs/kg from given flight level.
Descent Miles Distance in NM to descent from given flight level.
Holding Fuel Fuel flow in lbs or kg/hour at given level.
Taxi fuel Lbs/kg of fuel for taxi and run-up. Taxi fuel must be at least the difference
between Max. Ramp Weight and Max. Takeoff Weight.
Should reflect 10 minutes of taxifuel for the fuel.csv file to work.
Dest app fuel Additional fuel to be used for approach at destination.
Alt app fuel Additional fuel to be used for approach at alternate.
Holding basic mass The weight used for Holding fuel calculation.
Holding dev fuel/1000 The fuel deviation per 1000 kg/lbs change of aircraft weight.
Kg/Lbs
Descent setting Descent setting in plain text.
Holding setting: Holding setting in plain text
Erops app fuel: This is the amount of fuel that will be
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22 Drift Down
In case of your aircraft have a maximum approved passenger seating configuration of 20 or more and
a MTOM more than 45360 kg you must fulfil rules in accordance to ETOPS if any flights are operated
with more than 60 Minutes to any adequate airport.
In that case you must enter drift down information into PPS.
This is done in field 22 DRIFT DOWN.
NOTE: Aircraft with approved passenger seating configuration of 19 or less and a MTOM less than
45360 kg are not required to enter figures under Drift Down in PPS.
Contact Air Support if you need more information about this item.
TAKE OFF
23 Normal
This part of the program is not used in PPS8
LANDING
24 Normal
This part of the program is not used in PPS8
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MISCELLANEOUS
25 Copy aircraft
If you wish to copy all aircraft data form one aircraft to a new just type in the name for the new
aircraft and press “Enter”.
26 Print data
Here you have the possibility to print out all aircraft-data for a specific aircraft, 10 pages, this is
especially helpful during troubleshooting.
27 Make new Aircraft

Here you can create a new aircraft. Start by typing in the identification name of the aircraft, accept
with Y when asked.
28 Delete aircraft
Here you are able to delete an aircraft.
Note, this is a nonreversible process once you say Y(es) to delete the aircraft, its gone.
29 Send data to APG
When applying to Aircraft Performance Group you need to send them the aircraft details.
This is done from here.
0 Exit A/C Data
Exit the program
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RouteData
When entering Route Data the window “Stored Route Editor” will open:
Area 1 (Menu)
File
New – Not in use.

Import data - It’s possible to import route data from 3rd party systems
(Contact Air Support for further). Once this has been set up, the import-
settings can be saved for future imports.
Saved Import - Import data using saved import settings.
Export data - It’s possible to export route data to 3rd party systems
(Contact Air Support for further). Once this has been set up, the export-
settings can be saved for future exports.
Print List - Print all routes to pdf-document.
Exit – Close the Stored Route Editor.
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Edit
Marks all route shown in the window

Remove mark from all routes shown in the window
Opens the Find and replace window (Explained in details Pic#1)
Find and replace
Find
It’s possible to search for specific items in the route database like:
- Route Name
- Departure Aerodrome
- Destination Aerodrome
- Route
Replace
Here you can manually modify any ATC route in your route catalog. Just enter the search criteria in
Find what: to call up the old route string and write the change in Replace with:
Tools
Opens a search filter bar at the top of the window to help easing search.
Opens a window where it’s possible to set validations criteria’s
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Area 2 (NAV Cycle)
It’s possible to change between the AIRAC Cycle so the routes can be validated against current or
upcoming NAV cycle.
When shifting the Cycle with the dropdown-box the validity period will change.
Show Routes
When the Stored Route Editor is opened the Show Routes is always set to display “Routes To
Validate”
It’s possible to change the routes shown in the window with the dropdown-box
The display criteria’s can be set to the following:
- Valid Routes
- Routes To Validate
- All Routes
Area 3 (View Routes stored)

View Routes Stored is divided in to the following columns:
Mark: Manually Select or Deselect a route.

Name: The Route Name stored in the database. (Ex. EKBI-EKCH or BLL-CPH1)
T: Type of the route (Ex. J for only jet aircraft route or P for prop
aircraft)
V: Route Variant if more than one route stored between the same city-
pair.
Adep: The aerodrome of departure.
Dest: The aerodrome of destination.
Route: The complete ATC route stored in the database.
FL: The initial Flight Level stored on the route.
Failed: When validating the route, Routes with the status “failed” is marked.
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Validate Error: If an error is found during the validation of the route, it is written
here.
NAV Cycle: Displays the AIRAC Cycle the routes have been validated against.
Dist: The ground distance of the stored route.
Valid From: Route valid from: YYYYMMDD
Valid To: Route valid to: YYYYMMDD
DOLF: Day of last Flight
Area 5 (Select / Deselect)

It’s possible to select or deselect all routes in the Store Route Editor.
Area 6 (Keys)
Delete: Delete the marked routes
Reload: Refresh the window.
Validate: Validate the marked routes.
Validate Route
When routes has been validated the valid route are stored under the section “Valid Routes” and the
failed routes with errors will be stored under the section “Routes to Validate”
Failed routes needs to be handled, either by deleting and create new ones in PPS or simply to correct
them within the Store Route Editor.
Editing in a stored route

Failed routes can be manually corrected by double-clicking the route. This will open the following
window.
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Example:
It’s possible to make the necessary corrections in these fields.

NOTE: Shaded fields cannot be changed.
Name: Route Name

Type: Type of the route (Ex. J for only jet aircraft route or P for prop
aircraft)
ADEP: Departure Airport.
DEST: Destination Airport.
NAV Cycle: AIRAC Cycle route is validated against.
Valid From / To: Validity period for the AIRAC Cycle.
Variant: Route Variant if more than one route stored between the same city-
pair.
FL: The initial Flight Level stored on the route.
ALT1: ICAO code for 1st Alternate Airport.
ALT1 FL: Flight Level to 1st Alternate Airport.
ALT2: ICAO code for 2nd Alternate Airport.
ALT2 FL: Flight Level to 2nd Alternate Airport.
Remarks: Insert any remark as reference to the route.
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Min FL / Max FL: FL range to use for specific route. Only use for OPTFL in Scheduled
flights.
Day of week: The day of week the route may be used. Only for Scheduled flights.
Route: The ATC route can be corrected manually or by opening the
FastRouting with the Key.
Error: Displays the syntax error.
Save Route to route catalog.

Validate the route after making the necessary corrections.
DataBases
It’s possible to check up on the info about different Airways, Navigational data and Airport Data. This
can be done by using Databases in PPS Control Panel.
When opening Databases the following window will appear:
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NAV Cycle
You can choose between different AIRAC Cycles to test the Data’s. This is done via a drop down box.
You can always see the validity period of the chosen AIRAC Cycle:
NAV Data
Type a navaid and hit [TAB] or [Enter] to see info.
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Airway Data
Type an Airway name and hit [TAB] or [Enter] to see info.
Airport Data
Type in an Airport and hit [TAB] or [Enter] to see info.
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Common Airways
Type in two waypoints and hit [TAB] or [Enter] to see info.
SID
When the ICAO of the airport is entered all published SID’s of airport will be displayed.
Top Row - Displays the SID names.
Low Row - Displays each specific point on the chosen SID.
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STAR
When the ICAO of the airport is entered all published SID’s of airport will be displayed.
Top Row - Displays the STAR names.
Low Row - Displays each specific point on the chosen STAR.
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FlowInfo/Tracks
AIM Air Traffic Flow Management Information Messages

ANM Air Traffic Flow Management Notification Messages
AUSOTS Australian Organized Track System
CRAM Conditional Route Availability Messages
NAT Tracks EUR-USA North Atlantic Tracks. Westbound
NAT Tracks USA-EUR North Atlantic Tracks. Eastbound
PACOTS Pacific Organized Track System
Select in the boxes, which document you, want to view/print or upload and click in the bottom on
View Document to have the selected documents presented in a PDF-document to view/print or save.
If you want to upload the document to a specific flight etc you click in the bottom line on Upload
Document and attach the flight you want.
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ETOPSAreas
In the ETOPS Areas tab, geographical/route specific Areas can be created. In each area The
dispatchers can input airports that fulfill the requirements regarding fire equipment, etc. for the
aircrafts that is being operated in the company fleet. This is stored on a webservice, so when
entered and saved, it will be available for all computers within the company, regardless of
geographical location.
AirportInformation
Below is shown the airport information screen.
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The Airport Information is mostly for internal use for the Dispatch, to check for information in
regards of:
- General information about the airport; Weather information; Notams, and etc.
On the upper section 4 tabs are displayed.
General
Displays the general information about the airport.
IACO Airport 4 letter ICAO code.

IATA Airport 3 leter IATA code.
Name Plain name of airport.
Latitude Latitude in HHMM N/S
Longitude Longitude in HHHMM E/W
Elevation Elevation in feet above sea level.
Runway Length Length in feet of longest runway available.
Var The magnetic variation of the airport.
Runways
Displays all runways available and show the length in feet.
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Additional Info
If the operator has preferred handling agents, Fuel companies or other useful information they can
add it here. All the information under additional info is purely maintained by the operator them self,
and Air Support cannot be held responsible if information shown here is incorrect.
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AC-U-KWIK
To get information about the different airport just input the ICAO code and and separate them with a
“,”
Here is an example of an Airport. Legend of AC-U-KWIK is located below
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PPS8flightplanningsystemsettings
To access the settings window for the PPS8 flight planning system, right click on the PPS8 tray icon at the
bottom right corner of the screen and select settings
This will open up the settings screen where the following can be selected
Settings for the PPS Program

Proxy Server setup, when needed.
Various Advanced Settings for Tray.
Setup which Message Types to receive notification

Opens the Miscellaneous Menu in the Dos Window.
Opens the User Profile of PPS.
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PPS Program
PPS8 Settings
In PPS8 Settings you can set several criteria’s which can have a big impact on how PPS make its calculations
or how the flightlog layout will eventually come out.
PPS8 Settings is divided into 8 areas covering different aspects of PPS.
You can read a short text about each setting when selected in the bottom of the screen. To enable the
setting, put the value to true by double clicking or using the dropdown. And then save to use the settings.
Aircraft Pax weights to be set.

Airport Airport Temp, Turnaround time, General Fuel Prices, SID/STAR Dist.
Fast Routing Auto chooses Dept Point, Avoid Specific FIR.
Flight Log Various settings for Flight Log Layout, Contact Air Support for assistance.
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Main Program Various settings for PPS main program, Contact Air Support for assistance.
MISC Miscellaneous settings.
Price calculation Settings in Price calculation.
Scheduled Autopax, Optimum Flight level calculation in Schedule Flight Planning.
Flightplanning
Proxy Server
If you don’t know if there is a proxy server installed, put the default setting to automatic and default in the
dropdown to optimize performance.
If experiencing problems with uploading to CrewBriefing or performing Live Update this might be because
you are located behind a Proxy-server, which requires a specific address, username and/or password.
Consult your local IT/technician for this information.
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Advanced Settings
Flightlog Upload
Force Silent-mode will suppress any error-messages, which might appear during upload.
Warn before uploading flights! It is generally recommended to mark this box giving you the ability to
receive a warning if a flight has already been downloaded from Crewbriefing. You are of course still able to
upload the flight with the marking on.
Use special text… Is to have Tray work with easterly codepages (Russia, Czech etc)
Document Upload
In the directory C:\CBUPLOAD is also automatically created a folder named UPLOADED. When the “Move
files to uploaded….” box is selected the files uploaded to Crewbriefing will automatically be copied into this
UPLOADED folder and deleted in the CBUPLOAD-folder.
As a default you will be asked to give a file-name when using the CREWBRIEFING-printer (printing from
Word, Excel etc), if you unmark this box files will be saved as winprint.pdf
Default Directory gives the ability to specify a default directory from where the uploader-module always
opens up.
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Security
Offer the possibility to block access to either the AS Control Panel or Settings with a password.
Error handling
This feature gives customers the possibility to receive an error message by email if an error should occur in
PPS (Mostly used by customers with scheduled manager subscribing to auto-dispatch)
Contact Air Support A/S to get help on how to use this feature.
Printing
You have the possibility to set a default folder where PPS can print all the PDF files.
This can be used to store all flight logs in PDF format on one specific folder on your company network.
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Flight List
Possibility to Enable/Disable to view the Flight List explained earlier in this manual.
If enabled; you can also set how many days the Draft Flights should be saved before they automatically will
be deleted.
Amexsy Settings
Under AMEXSY Settings you have several Available message types:
ACK Acknowledge Message

DES De-suspension Message
FLS Flight Suspension Message

MAN Manual Message
RRP Rerouting Proposal Message
REJ Reject Message
SAM Slot Allocation Message
SIP Slot Improvement Proposal
SLC Slot Requirement Cancellation Message
SRM Slot Revision Message
Mark the message type you want to move.

You do this by clicking with the mouse on the message you want to move between the two columns.
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- Move only the selected message from Available message types to Selected message types
column.
- Move all messages from available message types to Selected message types column.
- Move only the selected message from Selected message types to Available message types
column.
- Move all messages from Selected message types to Available message types column.
In case that you are in doubt of the meaning of each message type you have the option to have a help
window displayed explaining the type of message.
First mark the message type.
Right click the message type and click “What’s this”
The help window will then appear.

Ex.
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SMS Notification
The SMS Notification page is used to set up what kind of messages you would like to have as SMS sent off
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to the captain of a flight. You need of course to have inserted at least the captain name for a flight and a
mobile number must be inserted for your crew in the CREW.CSV-file. Only the person set up to captain for a
specific flight will receive an SMS when activated.
To activate, you put a mark in the top box “Send SMS notify…” and select ex. ACK, click on ”>” to add it in
the selected messages list.
You can add all messages to the list but be advised you will be charged pr SMS sent to your captain.
To remove a message type, just click on it in the right column and following click “<”.
NOTE: SMS Notification is an additional module to AMEXSY.
You need to add the GSM Phone numbers to whom the SMS Notification should send the message.
These numbers can be added two places.
- In Crew.csv under the Section DATA Editor under the menu DATA.
- In the Aircraft Database under each Aircraft file in PPS.
Crew.csv:

notification.
When a GSM number has been added under a Crew id, AMEXSY will then forward the chosen message
type(s) to the crewmember for the specific flight affected.
Aircraft Database
You also have the possibility to add a GSM number under a specific aircraft.
This may be preferable if each aircraft in your fleet has a dedicated GSM phone allocated to the aircraft.
The specific aircraft can be reach from “Aircraft Editor” in the section DATA in the PPS Control Panel
(Explained later in this manual)
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Remember to tick the box “Send SMS notification when receiving messages” to activate the SMS
Notification.
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Email notification
This page is used to set up if you want, and which kind of messages you would like to have, as E-mail sent
off to an E-mail address of your choice.
To activate, you put a mark in the top box “Send Email notify…” and select ex. ACK, click on ”>” to add it in
the selected messages list.
You can add all messages to the list you like.
To remove a message type, just click on it in the right side and following click “<”.
At the bottom you insert the mail-address to be used for this notification.
If you would like to add several e-mail accounts simply separate with a ;
Ex. Dispatch@airsupport.dk;crewmember@airsupport.dk
Also here, remember to tick the box “Send Email notification when receiving messages” to activate the
Email Notification.
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Other settings
When a flight is uploaded to Crewbriefing it might not be filed instantly to an appropriate ATC unit.
If you mark the box “Show warning if Crewbriefing flights are not filed” The following notification will be
shown under AMEXSY.
How to handle the message will be explained under the AMEXSY section in this manual.
The last box will enable the AMEXSY flight plan viewer to open up in a separate window to be place on
another screen for users using multiple screens.
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PPS Miscellaneous
When entering MISC the following menu will appear.
In Setup Price Calculation the following screen will appear and the different menus is explained below
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Setup Price Calculation
Currency Rating divided by Insert the applicable value for calculating into Euro.
Airport reference: The departure airport default setting for the PPS Price Calculation
and also for Flight Planning.
Max nm ferry: Max. NM ferry flight for the actual flight. All distance above this
value will be calculated as taxi flight (blank field = no limitation).
Discount information: Discount calculation based on
0 No discount
1 Total amount.
2 Only of taxi flight NM price
3 Both taxi and ferry NM price.
Discount pct: Discount Percentage (%). Commission can be calculated by
placing a –(minus) in front.
Route info: 1 Total price (only).
2 Net price – discount – total price.
3 Total price – discount – net price.
Route dist The percentage that an airway route is longer than the direct
distance usually depends on the route distance. List here the
percentage to be added at different distances, e.g.. 150 NM, 250
NM, 350 NM, 500 NM, and Above (500 NM).
Route pct Specified percentage for different distances (Normal average is
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Route add Distance to be added for SID and STAR in price calculation.
Route round off Round off to next whole NM (ex. 5NM, 10NM or 20NM).
Max levels Number of levels you want for price calculation. Maximum 5
aircraft per level and maximum 9 levels. PPS Price Calculation is
available with 1, 3, 5, or 9 levels capability.
Wpc status MFL/WPC/ROUTE MFL Maximum flight level to be used for WPC routes.
WPC Insert a “W” to search for old WPC routes
ROUTE Insert an “R” to search all routes
(Note: This last option requires a strong company
infrastructure, as any route stored, even
unfavourable ones, can be used for flight planning.)
Syntax Separate the above listed
parameters by slashes (“/”).
Examples “250/W”, “350/W/R”.
NOTE: RPC/WPC only uses the
calculated distance without any safe
margin
2xferry NO CHARGE “Y” means that no landing charge (for the first and last airport)
will be calculated. This acts as a means of minimizing the cost of
moving your operation base to another airport in order to be
more competitive.
Pax fee for each taxi leg Calculates passenger fee for each taxi leg, otherwise pax fee is
only calculated once for each total flight.
Price round off Round off to next whole amount, an amount divisible by the
number inserted in this input field.
Date type Define how the date should be printed. E.g. 31st of December
2000
1 31-12-2000.
2 12-31-2000.
3 2000-31-12.
4 2000-12-31.
Reference request y/n Type “Y” for a reference request (Name of person).
Will always pop up when calling the Print function.
Ground time per leg Insert the number of minutes to be added to flight time to give
block time. The *FLTTIME code prints the block time on your
quotations instead of the airborne time, without the need to
change the layout.
Time round off Round off to next whole minute (ex. 5 minutes or 10 minutes).
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Setups Aircraft Price

AIRCRAFT PRICE contains all information about the aircraft and the countries in which you want to operate.
It is thereby possible to make an exact price calculation.
First sample aircraft.
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Aircraft Registration, type or ident of the aircraft. This allows the user to create
different versions of the same aircraft e.g. executive, charter or cargo
versions. Any name can be used. Even “JENSEN” will do.
The first aircraft in level 1 can be adjusted to your needs but should not be
deleted. All other aircraft can be removed from the price calculation by
deleting all displayed data.
Pax / cargo States if this version is (P)assenger or (C)argo version.
ICAO Type the first two letters of the four-letter ICAO code for the specific country
in question. XX is for landing cost in all other countries. The first aircraft in
level 1 allows the input of the first 2 letters of the applicable ICAO code.
Price Price for a landing in the specified country.
Amount must not be zero, if all countryvalues are set to zero all data for this
aircraft is deleted.
Start up Start up fee. Quoted once for each flight. Should also contain landing fee
when returning.
Nm/day It may be desirable to set a “Minimum Nautical Miles Per Day” requirement.
That is, if the accumulated NM flown in a given period is less than that stated
in <NM/Day> then an extra fee will be charged. Example: The <NM/Day>
requirement is set at 500 NM. The flight is 400 NM, one night stop and back
again. The total distance flown is 800 NM over two days. The program will
then charge 1 x the Extra fee, as the conditions are not met on the 2nd day.
Extra The fee to be charged if <NM/Day> requirement is not met.
Fuel stop Fee for fuel stop, including landing fee and cost relating to descend and
climb.
Night stop Fee for each night stop.
Taxi/nm Price per NM for taxi flights.
T/min Price per minute for taxi flights.
Leg Fee that will be charged for each leg flown as taxi flight regardless of the
number of passengers and length of leg.
Ferry/nm Price per NM for ferry flights.
F/min Price per minute for ferry flights.
Pax low Fee for each passenger for flights shorter than the stated in LIMIT.
Pax high Fee for each passenger for flights longer than the stated in LIMIT.
Limit Limitation in minutes for PAX High/Low.
Max pax Maximum number passengers / amount of cargo in the aircraft.
Range The aircraft’s IFR range with maximum number of passengers / amount of
cargo and remaining fuel.
Max range The aircraft’s IFR range with maximum fuel.
Pax Number of passengers / amount of cargo with maximum fuel.
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Blk<30m The aircraft’s block speed the first 30 minutes.

Blk<60m The aircraft’s block speed the next 30 minutes.
Blk>60m The aircrafts block speed after the first 60 minutes.
Runway Minimum required runway length in feet for takeoff and landing. The
distance stated must exceed runway requirements at all weights and
conditions.
Price level The price level of the aircraft currently selected.
Setup Charter Text
The formula is divided into two columns. The left is used for codes, which causes the opposing right column
line to be printed only under certain conditions. The right line holds plain text and codes which are replaced
with corresponding data in the print out, e.g. <Hamburg> instead of “*APTSTART”.
Use [ENTER] to move from one column to another.
Start by making a charter text containing the text that all quotations should have in common. The left
column line opposing these lines should be left blank, but right column codes can be used at this point.
Thereafter insert the lines, which have a corresponding left column code.
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LEFT COLUMN CODES
Aircraft codes: If the name of an aircraft matches the actual aircraft, then the text in
the right column line will be printed.
Customer codes: If the code matches the text stated in the customer database in the
Type input field, then the text in the right column line will be printed.
Night: The text to the right will only be printed if there is one or more night
stops.
Del: Deletes the right and left line.
Ins: Inserts a new right and left line.
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RIGHT COLUMN CODES
*DATE The actual date.

*TIME The actual time.
*ACFT Name of the aircraft.
*DOF The day of flight.
*PRICE The price of the flight e.g.: 20.000,00.
*PRICEUS The price of the flight e.g.: 20,000.00.
*EPRICE The price of the flight in EURO.
*DPCT The discount percentage.
*NETTO The net price of the flight.
*ENETTO The net price of the flight in EURO.
*COMMI Commission
*PAX Number of passengers.
*NIGHT Number of night stops.
*REF Reference text.
*NUMBER Actual number of log.
*CUST1 First line of the customer’s address.
*CUST2 Second line—“--.
*CUST3 Third line—“--.
*CUST4 Fourth line—“--.
*CUST5 Fifth line—“--.
*CUSTTLF Customer’s telephone number.
*CUSTFAX Customer’s telefax number.
*ADDTEXT Print up to five lines of additional text in
the quotation.
*END Last line. Must be used.
Reserve 1 blank line above this code!
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The following 7 codes must be used in the same line and

will result in a listing of the entire flight.
*APTSTART Departure Airport.
*APTEND Destination Airport.
*FLTTIME Flight time.
*FUEL Number of fuel stops for the flight.
*EDD Estimated day of departure.
*ETD Estimated time of departure.
*ETA Estimated time of arrival.
To save the charter text press [END].
Delete old quotations to date

Enter date to delete all quotations up till this date.
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Delete old quotations
To delete old quotations press the [DELETE] key when the quotation you want to delete is in the upper line
and it will be marked with a red bar.
If a quotation is marked by mistake you can UNDELETE it by pressing the [INSERT] key.
When all quotations that you want to delete are marked with red, press [ENTER] or [END] and the
quotations will be deleted.
Customer Database
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A simple database used exclusively for the pricecalculation module. When making a quotation the Cust
Name refers to Customer ID in this database and the next two boxes name/telephone can be printed
automatically on your quotations.
Write Avinode database

Will make an export to a txt-file, which can be used together with the company Avinode Aircraft database.
Setup Flight Plan
In SETUP FLIGHT PLAN you can configure the Flight Plan:

SID STAR Extra NM to be added for SID, STAR and Alternate as default.
The value is added to the corresponding great circle track. If LLS
or FSS is inserted in Flight plan ver. The actual distance of
SID/STAR will overrule values stated here.
Airport temperature Temperature in degrees Celsius as standard temperature for
calculating takeoff and landing distances (default value).
ALT2 Info If “Y” is selected, alternate 2 will be displayed as standard
information. If normal 2nd alternate is desired, it must be
selected when making the flight plan.
Airport reference: The departure airport default setting for the PPS flightplanning.
Ground time in min Insert default ground time in minutes to be used when making
multiple flight plans in flight planning.
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Top text 2 lines used for messages to be printed on the top of each flight
plan. If # is used in the first 2 positions, the text will appear
inside the top frame.
Bottom text Edit or type new bottom text for the flight plan.
FLT PLAN VER:

To customize flight plan versions. Combinations of the below listed may be used, separated with space.
2ALT Print the standard alternate list in 2 columns on flightlog.

2SALT Use both 1st & 2nd Standard alternate to find EU-OPS alternate.
AUTOPAX Load max number of pax if no pax figures available.
AP Auto print FLP+ATC.
ARINC When activated PPS will promt to upload FMS information to
ARINC when uploading to CrewBriefing.
ARINCA PPS will automatically upload FMS information to ARINC when
uploading to CrewBriefing.
SATCOMD When activated PPS will promt to upload FMS information to
SATCOM when uploading to CrewBriefing.
DATE Reset the lognumbers every day.
DR Jumps direct to the Route-field in flight planning.
EUR Give gain/loss values in EURO. Input must be in EURO-cent.
EET Estimated En-Route Time (FIR Estimates)
ERA Activates the ERA calculation and reduces contingency fuel to 3% if
a chosen alternate fulfil requirements according to EU-OPS
ESAD PPS will calculate Route Compare whenever more than one route
exists in the route database between planned city pairs.
FSS Full SID and STAR. Forces PPS to calculate with the longest
published SID and/or STAR and insert the published SID/STAR-
waypoints on the flightlog.
FLTDATA Export flight data
FXFL PPS will disregard all levelchanges and only show intial FL or if
levelchanges has been entered manually into the ATC string
GDC When activated PPS will promt to upload FMS information to
Global Data Centre when uploading to CrewBriefing.
GDCA PPS will automatically upload FMS information to Global Data
Centre when uploading to CrewBriefing.
HOMEPATH Used for PPS terminal setup
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IATA Saves routes with IATA codes.

ITX Will include the Taxi time in the minimum required time.
KLBS Inserts all fuel figures in thousands of pounds on operational flight
plan (Ex. 19200lbs = 19.2)
LIVECFMU Files the flight plan live upon each Auto upload to CrewBriefing.
TESTCFMU Send the flight plan to CFMU validation upon each Auto upload to
CrewBriefing.
Longest SID and STAR. Forces PPS to calculate with the longest
LSS
published SID and/or STAR.
METER Distance in meters.
N3L Show 3 lines pr waypoint in the navigational log (requires a special
navlog file that will be supplied by Airsupport.
NAI Do not print additional information on ATC. (Item 19)
NDATE Resets the log number to zero every day
NEWROUTE Use new stored route database
NHL Do not print horizontal lines on navigational log.
NJAR Do not use JAR-OPS for the calculations. Also available to define for
individual aircrafts, see Database, Aircraft data
NLI Will remove all lines in the flightlog also in the navigational log and
put in an empty space instead
NOCCD Do not print climb, cruise and descent information on navigational
log.
NOLI Will remove the lines after the navigational log.
NONAV Will remove the navigational log from the flightlog.
OA The program will as default use the previous Aircraft.
OLD Auto dispatch will offload excess cargo, instead of excess fuel to
keep within limitations of aircraft. Only works in in schedule
flightplanning.
OFP2 Will print the OFP(entire flightlog) in 2 copies
OFP3 Will print the OFP(entire flightlog) in 3 copies
OPTFL Calculates Optimum Flight Level within limits set under [EDIT
ROUTE DATA] when uploading to CrewBriefing
OPTFL6 Calculates Optimum Flight Level within limits set under [EDIT
ROUTE DATA] 6hrs before STD when uploading to CB
NOTE: OPTFL & OPTFL6 only works with Auto-Dispach
P*2 Print two copies.
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PAC Print Adequate Circles will print 60 min circles on ETP chart on
CrewBriefing.
PDA Print direct ATC flight plan
PDC Print crash airport for single engine aircraft
PDI Print direct Airport Info
PDL Print direct LAT/LON
PDQ Uploads adequate airports automatically to CrewBriefing when
uploading a flight.
PDR Print RIF list according to airports in stdalt.csv (Only write this code
under aircraft file)
PDW Print direct Weather
R2L Print raster (grey) on every 2nd. Line
RTA Route To Alternate on operational flight plan
RVSM Will input checklines for altimiters checks in the Navigation log
after climbing into RVSM airspace(normally above FL280)
SSLS Shortest SID and longest STAR. Forces PPS to calculate with the
shortest published SID and longest STAR.
TCD Print TOC (Top Of Climb) and TOD (Top Of Decent) in the
navsection on the flightlog.
TON Inserts all fuel figures in thousands of kilos on operational flight

plan (Ex. 9600kg = 9.6)
UNIV When activated PPS can upload FMS information to UNIVERSAL
when inserting a tick in the checkmark next to upload to
CrewBriefing.
UNIVA When activated PPS will automatically upload FMS information to
UNIVERSAL when uploading to CrewBriefing.
WBNP Prints Weight and Balance on next page.
WBNP2 Prints Weight and Balance twice.
WBNP3 Prints Weight and Balance in three copies.
Price Jet fuel Average price for 1 litter jet fuel. Used in FLOM calculations.
Price Avgas Average price for 1 litter Avgas. Used in FLOM calculations.
Print WIND/ATC A "Y" in the first of the 2 blank spaces causes the wind information as
entered in Flight Planning to be printed below the flight plan.
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A "Y" in the last of the 2 blank spaces causes the ATC route to be printed
below the flight plan.
If "YY" is entered both will be printed.
Setup Printers
Listing the different printer settings in PPS.

Each printer is for use of various printing parts of PPS.
Notice
Font size limits are within size: 7 - 11
User Profile
Will display the different areas you have subscribed to in the PPS Software.
For assistance call Air Support for further.
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PPS8 Settings Manager

The settings manager will enable you to add/change user and accounts. This is also where you can set up
the scheduled flight planning settings if you are using the auto dispatch in PPS8.
Below is explained in details what each items does
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Add account will allow you to add an extra

account to your PPS program(typical if your
are making flightplans for another company
also using PPS). You just have to fill in the PPS
username( given to you by Air Support) and
the 3 letter code that is the first 3 letters in
your Crewbriefing username.
NOTE! If you want another account to file the
flightplan then you put a tick in the enable
alternate filing account and select the
account to make the filing below in the
dropdown box.
This will then make sure that the flightplans is
uploaded to the account you have added, but
it is filing to AMEXSY on the alternate
account.
Should you wish to delete one of your
account, just select it and press the button
called remove account
ADD User will add an extra user to the

account selected.
Please note that your administrator on your
CrewBriefing account should also have added
this account to the website before you put it
into the program.
Remember that the username always start
with you 3 letter ICAO ID.
Press test after putting in the username and
password and if accepted, then press save.
Should you wish to remove a user the just
select the user and press remove user.
Scheduled Flight planning contains the

settings for your fully automatic auto dispatch
program (you need to have bought the
scheduled flightplannig module to use this
feature)
Under the upload hours you specify the
Sequence of how often flight on CrewBriefing
should be refreshed with new winds (Ex.
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6,12,18,22) = Hours prior to STD (MAX 22

hours before)
Latest update minutes Set the amount of
minutes before any STD where Auto-Dispatch
should stop calculating. (Recommended is
120) = 2 hours
Pax difference If difference between
originally calculated flight and current data’s
from the Flight List is exceeding 5 passengers
the flight should be recalculated and
uploaded to CrewBriefing again
Allow DCT routes will enable the auto
dispatch to use DCT routes instead of only
airways.
Enable NW Prefixes : If any routes stored in
the route database is stored with route name
ending on either N or W these routes should
be used for:
N = Normal Days (Ex. Day 1-5)
W = Weekends (Ex. Day 6-7)
Allow no winds if this is selected then the
autodispatch will calculate with 0 winds if no
grid winds is available in the system.
Corporate data contains the path of where

the data folder containing aircraft files,
flightlog files and all other company specific
information is stored.
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Special features for Airline customers

Route optimization (add on module)
Only work with auto dispatch customers (PPS uploads and files flightplans from the the flightlist which is
feed by data from the customers scheduling system)
With the Route Optimization solution as it is currently implemented in the PPS system, the customer will be
able to select a dynamically optimized route, which meets improvement criteria specified by the customer.
The improvement criteria is a combination of the following:
1) Minimum distance of the original route
a. This means: Do not try to find an optimized route if the distance of the original route is less
than e.g. 400 NM
2) Minimum time of the original route
a. This means: Do not try to find an optimized route if the time of the original route is less
than e.g. 1:20 (80 minutes)
3) A trigger specifying a minimum improvement value of an optimized route
a. This means: When an optimized route is found – don’t notify the customer unless the
improvement is at least e.g. 2% or 100 NM
i. Trigger types are: Distance (% or NM), Time (% or minutes) and Cost (% or
EUR/USD)
These improvement criteria can be set up in the Settings Manager of the PPS program where the customer
can also specify the time, relative to the STD, when the calculation should be made, e.g. 5 hours before
STD:
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The optimized route calculation is done automatically by an Air Support service, which at the specified time
relative to the STD. The result of a calculation could be: No Improvement, Insignificant Improvement (based
on the trigger values specified by the customer) or Improved.
If the result is Improved, then the customer will be notified in the PPS program like this:
A textual notification indicating that A green notification icon with a tooltip

an optimized route is available and text that is displayed when the mouse is
how much could be saved hovered over the icon. The text will
indicate that an optimized route is
available
If the user chooses to use the optimized route, this is done by:
1) Double-click the flight in the flightlist – this opens the flight in the flightplanning module
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2) Select the optimized route
New Route Old Route
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3) Dispatch the flight by uploading it to CrewBriefing and filing it using AMEXSY
Should you wish to receive a trial of the PPS Route Optimization, please contact sales@airsupport.dk
Special features for military customers

Crash airport
A feature that is used for single engine fighters to show the closest airport at all times on their
flightlog.
To enable the function go to the aircraft file of the fighter jet and insert flight plan version4-2 code
called PDC
This will attach a document at the end of the flightlog that shows the closest airport for every
minutes of the flight.
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Description of keys ................................................................................................................................................................................... 74

AREA 1 (MENU) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 243

CRASH AIRPORT ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 292

Processor: QUAD CORE 2.7 GHz or higher

Processor: Intel i7 2,7 or higher

Description of PPS installed items

Here is a short description of the different shortcuts in the Tray Menu.

Flight Planning System

PPS Price Calc

Open: This section allows you to open a

About will open a Notification box with the

EXIT will close the flight planning system

In The Data menu you have access to the following:

Route Data will open up the route database.

Airport Information will open up the airport search directory where

Creating an Ad-Hoc Flight Plan

Press here for the video presentation. Explained in details below

After pressing new flightplan the following screen will appear.

Flight planning Guide

Flight Data input

Input the registration of the aircraft or press the

EOBT in format HH:MM. You can add or subtract an

Departure Airport. Type in ICAO, IATA or search by

Destination Airport. Type in ICAO, IATA or search by

Alternate 1 displays the closest airport to you departure

Config displays the different configuration available in

Amount of passengers can be inserted here or you can

Selects the calculation model for Cargo, Pax

Std luggage/cargo will be shown here, but you can add

advanced selection of male/female has to be done under

Aircraft limitation will automatically adjust if the MEL

You have the possibility to use one of the following

4) Customized Historical winds allows selection of

Suggested flight level based on minimum cost. To see all

Flight level to alternate 1, alternate 2, Takeoff alternate

And just untick the columns you

If you wish to generate your own

Change the tab to alternate

Each route can be shown visually

To create a new route by typing

PPS is also able to create a route

After pressing Generate Auto

After selecting the route from

Click on the SID and STAR you

Crew ID Crew initials, can be anything from 1 to 5 characters including numbers.

Climb profile can’t be changed

In the fuel profile you can have

Taxi Fuel can be changed to accommodate

Contingency fuel uses the settings in

If you select the ERA option the PPS will

The circle will have a radius of 20% of the

This will also be shown in the minimap.

RCF Reduced Contingency Fuel

The rule for DPP Decision Point Planning (RCF)

This all combined gives the minimum required

Mass and Balance

There is 4 tabs that can viewed

Crew can only be added or subtracted from the

Border intersection (add on module)

Grafical overview of the flight before dispatch

If FMS upload is enabled then the